Father sacrifices newborn girl child in Gujarat to please deity
In a shocking incident, a father scarified his newborn girl child to keep his promise to his family deity Kitotarmata.
The man, Narottam Mana Devipujak, threw his child in a drain near his house in Sundarpuri, a busy slum area of Gandhidham.
“We have arrested the accused for this heinous crime,” said MK Jadeja, police inspector of A-division police station, on Monday.
“Narottam Devipujak was produced before the magistrate in Gandhidham court today.”
According to the details of the case, the incident took place on Janmashtami night.
Narottam, who sells vegetables from a kiosk, had vowed that he would offer a male goat to the goddess if a son was born to him.
But if a girl child was born, he had sworn that he would straightway offer the child to the deity.
