Rhino
05-11-2007, 11:50 AM
Cops: Man Longing for Son Buries Newborn Twin Girls Alive
Friday, May 11, 2007
AHMADABAD, India — A man was arrested and charged for allegedly burying alive his 6-day-old twin daughters near his home in western India. The baby girls later died, police said Friday.
Samantsinh Sodha wanted a son but his wife gave birth to baby girls last week in Nakhtrana, a town in the western state of Gujarat, said G.S. Malik, superintendent of police.
Indian society has long favored boys, who do not require the enormous dowry payments that bankrupt many poor families when their daughters marry......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271433,00.html
Friday, May 11, 2007
AHMADABAD, India — A man was arrested and charged for allegedly burying alive his 6-day-old twin daughters near his home in western India. The baby girls later died, police said Friday.
Samantsinh Sodha wanted a son but his wife gave birth to baby girls last week in Nakhtrana, a town in the western state of Gujarat, said G.S. Malik, superintendent of police.
Indian society has long favored boys, who do not require the enormous dowry payments that bankrupt many poor families when their daughters marry......http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271433,00.html