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The court has sentenced the mother to life imprisonment in the case of taking away the 28-day-old daughter by throwing her into the canal in the desire of a son. The father has been sentenced to four years for concealing the matter. The mother has also been fined Rs 8,000 and the father Rs 3,000.
The matter is of 16 December 2019. Vijay Kumar alias Govind Prasad of Chakarpur Pachauria Nai Basti village had lodged a missing complaint of 28-day-old daughter Priyanshi in Kotwali. He said that his daughter is missing. When the police investigated, the shocking thing came to the fore.
It was learned that the girl’s mother Nisha was disappointed with the birth of a daughter. For this reason, he threw the girl child into the Lohiahead Power House canal. When Vijay came to know about the matter, he scolded his wife but after that kept the matter hidden to save his wife. Later a missing person was registered. On the 12th day after the incident, the girl’s body was found floating in the mesh of Lohiahead Power House.