BANGALORE: Bangalore
girl baby Afreen, the threemonth-
old who was battered
by her own father as
he wanted a son, died today
after battling for life for several
days, hospital authorities
here said.
“The baby suffered cardiac
arrest at 10.40 a.m.
We tried resuscitation. She
passed away at 11.10 a.m.,”
Some Gowda, medical superintendent
of the government-
run Vani Vilas Hospital,
told reporters. The baby
was on ventilation and life
support since Sunday and
doctors attending to her had
said Tuesday it would take at
least three weeks for them to
conclude whether she would
survive or not.
The baby had suffered
brain haemorrhage due to a
severe head injury, had bite
marks on several parts of the
body and some burn injuries,
doctors said but could
not confi rm the cause of the
burns. The baby’s 19-yearold
mother Reshma Bhanu,
the daughter of a fruit vendor,
was inconsolable as
doctors broke the tragic
news to her.
Afreen’s father Umar Farook,
25, a car painter, has
been arrested on the complaint
of his wife that he had
brutally assaulted the baby
because he wanted a male
child. He has been sent to
jail till April 21.
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