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The Hindu reports: Ms. Reshma had said that her husband Umar Farook, who had wanted a boy child, had physically abused the child, and had attempted to kill her in the preceding days. When she was brought in she had suffered haemorrhages in her brain and retina, and had multiple bite marks on her thighs and cigarette burn marks on her body. Since Tuesday, Afreen, who was already on ventilator support, went into a semi-comatose state following two convulsions. Full story.
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Reshma Bano wails as she holds the body of her three-month-old daughter Neha Afreen outside a hospital morgue in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Afreen was admitted in the hospital on April 8 after allegedly being battered by her father for being born a girl.
More about the issues women face in India and the pressure to bear male children from photographer Walter Astrada on MediaStorm.
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Boy would I like to get my hands on that dude.....what an animal.
This guy deserves to be beat within an inch of his life! Then beat again! I would LOVE to get ahold of this coward. What kind of person can do something like that to a beautiful baby! I don't care what religion you practice. What he commited was a blasphemy. I always try to keep an open mind about other faiths. But what do these people expect the rest of us to think when you have guys like this do something so terrible. Killing another, Alot of the time, under the guise of doing it because of their religious beleif. Bull****! This man is just evil and should be punished accorrdingly.
Why leave an inch of his life? An eye for an eye!
all women should leave India and leave the men to rot. but this mother is not without guilt she did allow her baby to be battered for 3mths until she died. btw people U.S government is not much better, they hate women and children just as much, only they're clever and sly about the ways they abuse them. evil is in all government across the world... never changes it just gets more and more ugly.
HE DOES NOT DESERVE TO LIVE AT ALL after doing this to his own blood!! This is Beyond Sick!
SW; I think that is what the second beating would be for; at least I hope so.
Mother is to blame equally! Why did she leave her daughter with such an evil cruel person, when she knew he tried to abuse the child before and let this happen? Whats the point crying now?
This is beyond sick!! The man should be burnt alive!!!
HOW any one can beat a 3 month old girl is beyond me. All those @!$%#s are the same over there
I don't get it. This barely made the news in our country. All the news is about what celebrities are doing. Who care what they are doing when things like this are allowed to go on in the world? Are we so afraid that someone will hate them or their beliefs that we choose to say nothing. Many people commented on their desire to do harm to the batterer, but it is the belief that this is OK that we must challenge.
This man deserves the death penalty asap.
RIP little angel.
I am completely sick of filthy pig like humans that think their ideas of importance outweigh the fragile right to existence of any other human life, we all have equal rights to existence. 3 month old, still to be born or any age, hurt or take an innocent life, how dare you! Imagine if not one person had thought your existence mattered, and don't dare say no one ever did because someone did.
peace-7, I know you think that the mother is equally to blame but get real...they are not in America. It would be 2 dead bodies to bury if she had of protested what her man was doing.
Please someone lock me in a room with that guy, I'll end him.
Same here. I do not care where you are or who you are or what your religion is. This is never okay. I hope the people do the same to him that this poor innocent soul had to endure.
The worst part is she will probably have to stay married to him even after all of this, and if she does then just imagine the abuse she will endure for this type of negative exposure for him and their family.
Right. When will this wimpy govt start to stand up for this abuse by SEVERELY punishing the offenders. AFter all, it appears severe abuse (retribution) is the only thing they will understand. This is not only the man's fault, this is the fault of the government for allowing it to happen time and time again. I think this guy just lost the right to keep his balls! Bast$%d.
A story like this can't get any sicker. What is wrong with the world and specially men in certain parts of the world if not all of it. How could one live with himself after creating so much pain for everyone involved. Total animal. I feel so sorry for the Mother. I don't even know why I bother with the news anymore, it really depresses the hell out of me. God help us all.
What an evil monster to be so sadistic and selfish; this is just a plain evil act of the lowest kind against a helpless, innocent infant. The Indian Government needs to send demons like this a serious message that this kind of inhumanity will not be allowed to go unpunished and sentence him with conviction and conscience and send this creature that is less than an animal to prison forever.
Well you better hope she has a boy next time. This is just horrible!!!
The worst part is that it is the man's sperm that determine's the child's sex. He should have beat himself for producing a female child!!
My question is why does our country still do business with these people?we cry about human rights abuse in China butt never in India.these backwards people are just that.recently a farmer killed a little girl on the street so he would have a better crop.these cowards don't deserve to have any children. I say cutt his penis off and feed it to him.after he is beaten.I work with Indian nationals here in Kuwait.and I can tell you.none of them have respect for woman or for each other for that matter.they steal even from each other.someone has to show me where in their holy book it says to do this.a child wheather boy or girl is a precious gift.
So sad. After reading this story I'm overcome with sadness. There are very bad people in every country around the world. Crimes like this do happen here in the U.S. All males in India do not act in this manner. All we can hope for is justice.. HATE BREEDS HATE!!!!!!!!!!
Sadistic and insane.. what a catch he is.. She better not protest too much, he'll throw acid in her face..
If a child is born female, then that is the will of Allah. Who are you to question the will of Allah? Better that he kill himself than to question the will of Allah.
No, im pretty sure it has to do with two X chromosomes
Mosineur, What does Allah have to do with this insane act? You do realize that India is not a Islamic nation? Hindu.
Come on people...Jeez I know what MOSinEUR meant! S/he's perfectly logical...whose responsibility was it that the baby was born a girl? Did the wife make it so? No. Did the father make it so? No. Did some doctor make it so? No. Therefore, it was God, whatever name you call Him by, (for those of you afraid to acknowledge the existence of a God, even just for the sake of discussion, then call it Fate) If they're practicing Hindus, then they believe in a God. So who is this guy (or any man who thinks like him) to question the Will of God? If he is that religious, he should be very afraid to question the Will of God, right? It stands to logic!
@Julie
12-13% of India is Muslim. This man is definitely a Muslim - you can easily tell by his name. Also, note that the wife is wearing a hijab.
So 88-87% is not Muslim. Sounds like the majority of people in India are not Muslim.
So someone with a name of Otto Koenig is German, André Bordeaux is French, Seamus O'Leary is Irish, Bubba "Junior" Jones is a Southerner from the US?
Are you sure it's a hijab? Ever hear of pallu? Married Indian woman wear a sari (just a long cloth wrapped around their bodies) and the end (pallu) covers their head. And during religious events/services, both men and woman are required to cover heads.
Let's quit trying to stereotype everyone in this world, shall we?
@Julie, India is a secular nation. Not a hindu nation. Sad that a child was killed. The father should be given life sentence.
I totally agree with you Y2SJ. I didn't express myself correctly when I said Hindu. I meant it as the majoroty of the nation is Hindu, not that India is a regligious state government.
I just hate it when people jump to conclusions or start making assuptions as facts. If I assume something, I state it's an assumption not as fact.
This is why people dispise your religion. It is never Gods will that something like this happens. This is about male ego. You think you have the right to do whatever you want to a female person (child, woman, baby) and you do not. The fact that you believe this shows that you have no moral compass whatsoever. May you rot in hell!
To all who responded about the religion.....The mom is not wearing a hijab as we know it however in India, Bangaladesh and Pakistan it acts as a hijab. My husband is from Bangladesh and I've been there 2x as well as India. Most of India is Hindu....Bangladesh and Pakistan were formed because the Hindus did not get along with the Muslims so the Muslims moved to the easdt and west, W Pakistan (now Pakistan) and E Pakistan(now Bangladesh). All the countries are diverse with Islam being majority in Bangladesh & Pakistan, however some are Hindu or Christian in both of those countries. In India the majority is Hindu with some Muslim, some Christian and some Buddhist. And unfortunately the father CLAIMS to share my religion....I am Muslim. He is a murderer, sick individual. I would like to say more however I do not want to include those words in my answer because that would be disrespect to Allah , disrepectful to my worldly brothers and sisters and disrespectful to others who would have to read the names I call this father. Inshallah, the child will be in Heaven.
This so discusses me, when will countries learn that how they should cherish their baby girls, this father should go to jail for life, where do they think where they would be if it weren't for women, i wish that women would take a stronger stand against this.
The problem is women in this situation would be horrifically and brutally punished for standing up for themselves! I've heard stories of muslim women who tried to take a stand against cruel husbands and the result was they were disfigured for life (one had her nose and ears cut off) or executed. Men like these are no more than terrorists against women. Their poor mothers!
@Julie
1)That is not a pallu.
2) In India, a name like Umar Farook is definitely Muslim. It surely isn't Hindu. I'm not stereotyping, I'm simply from discerning from some very telling pieces of evidence. On what grounds do you think I'm stereotyping? I think you're the one jumping to conclusions.
@Julie
One more thing: google the name Umar Farook (many Muslims have this name) and see what you find.
There are some people who don't deserve to breathe - that sh!tbag is one of them.
God will take extra special care of this guy. He should just be delivered to him ahead of schedule!
Yes, he should castrate himself. Poor innocent child. It is the father afterall that determines whether the child gets the x or y chromosome to make a boy or girl. Another country where women are treated like crap.
I agree completely. I kept looking for a comment stating that it is actually the father's contribution (X versus Y sperm) that determines the child's sex, so if the father is THAT determined to blame someone and to mete out punishment over the sex of the child, he should feel free to take it all out on himself--and ONLY himself. How ridiculous it is for him not to value the life of the poor child that he fathered--no matter the sex.
And what are the authorities going to do about these backward practices?
This is the country and city where we outsource our IT jobs? Companies should pull out.
And many from this part of the world wonder why many others refer to these areas as "third world hell holes" because that is what they are. As a child I had a strong desire to see that part of the world. That desire waned and as time went by that desire disappeared. Very mentally ill part of the world.
I guess they're not all Gandi ! He's probably a hindu. They believe in reincarnation. Let's hope he comes back as a girl !
More like he comes back as a donkey..err..umm.. I mean an a$$. Oops again, he's already that.
@jim
He's not a Hindu. His name is clearly Muslim.
And apbass we all know what happens when one ASS-U-MEs something.
See my explaination in 5.5 above.
...Back in the '60s there was a movement in this country that said that America was evil and that we should learn from India... Obviously they knew little about the country...
...You are a bride and groom is a good match... Problem is his family. *Your* family has to pay a major sum of money to his... They get nasty and scratch for every cent... Then, sometimes after the ceremony they come back and demand more... It sometimes happen that if your family can't come up with that extra not agreed upon... the groom's family covers you in gasoline and burns you to death (often over objections of the groom) It is called "bride burning" and if you don't believe it... Google it...
...Not everybody in India is that wacked... but far too many are... and politicians don't stay in office by making trouble for those who take part in one of many insane practices that are largely accepted...
That was a part of the hippy movement. The Beatles sitting around with some Guru like he has all the secrets of the universe. When you use large amounts of psychedelic substances strange behavior is bound to follow.
RDC1974. What in the Hell are you talking about? You are kidding right? Please, please, please tell me you're kidding! What does ANY of what you're saying, have to do with a baby being killed by it's father? Not only are you off topic with your "Hippie Hatred", the substance of your statement doesn't make sense.
This kind of behavior is terrifying. It is not only India. There was a video from China where a little girl was hit by a vehicle disoriented and struck again. People just kept walking by her and looking at her like she was a beer can that was bouncing around in the street. They could not have acted more cold to a human life if they tried. I don't care what anyone says about how China is changing. That was all the proof I needed as to how human life is valued.
Man sounds like a whole lot of pro-Life anti abortion people posting here.
For you, I would be willing to change to anti-life.
BTW - 1 No Value from me.
Really?? You are an idiot ESpark. Think we can abort him from society Julie?
Who? :-D
Already aborted.
no, it sounds like a bunch of 'why the hell would a man want to beat his own daughter to death?' people on here. pro or anti abortion thinking doesnt come into play when a father beats his own child to death. he didnt force his wife to abort because he found out they were having a girl, he killed the child after she was born. see people, all these countries bash America and call us pigs, and demoralized, and this kind of stuff happens in other countries. what is wrong with people. also, you are an idiot for trying to lump this story and peoples outrage with abortion talk
The mother is next since she "dared" speak out against her bastard husband.
How is it that egotistical men STILL don't understand that it's their SPERM that determines the sex of the baby???? OMG science proves it! These male dominated countries try to seems so modern and "up to date" on some things but can't believe it's their sperm's fault if a child is born boy or girl?????? Some countries think that WE'RE so stupid that we don't see their faults and ignorance. I can't even imagine what goes through some people's mind and they think that they are right!
I don't know if Muslim's have a version of hell or if Islam even says there is a hell but if there is, no doubt that's his first stop on the way out of here, which is hopefully very soon.
What the hell is wrong with you people?
Sadly, the men of India seem to be clueless that the MAN produces both male and female sperm...His sperm determines the sex of the baby when combined with the chromosomes of the woman's egg... his sperm produced a girl!!!
When will MEN world wide become acquainted with the SIMPLE FACTS of CHROMOSOME COMBINATIONS? The woman's egg is XX the man throws XY and XX sperm. XY (male sperm) swim faster but don't have the longevity of life that XX (female) sperm have, which swims slower but live longer.
He brought himself a girl and he killed an innocent, defenseless little child! What an unmitigated idiot! Such a senseless loss of life! He deserves the same sentence in my humble opinion! His wife needs to leave, if possible, for a better life. I pray for her and the soul of her child.
that guy has a major malfunction that only death will cure!!!! I have a daughter and a son and was not disappointed when my daughter was born first and long as my kid was born healthy that is all that mattered to me. I hope he gets more than he deserves, like cruel and unusual punishment.
and these stupid people still believe in organized religion, this is the root of all evil and brain washes the mind
the root of 'all evil' is people putting whatever they think is right, regardless of moral and ethical and lawful thinking, ahead of any other type of thinking. he is dumb. there are dumb 'christians', dumb 'muslims', dumb 'atheists' and dumb 'agnostics'. ANY belief you put above a person's own life in the manner this man did to his daughter is evil. his religious beliefs dont come into play, or if they do, he is twisting something to fit that ideal he seems to have against women
It happens all the time in India. It gets reported lately a lot more due to better and newer technologies (of reporting and bold and dynamic reporters). Same deal with regards to Abortion - In India it is so common. Women (all caste, religion) just do it, if they do not think the baby is needed. Sad, but true.
He should be forcibly sterilized as part of his sentence (if he's even punished).
No anestetic needed. And his wife should be allowed to go back to her family without any sort of shame.
Fry the bastard. Fry him slow and make sure he screams.
Dear Heavenly Father,
Again, something I just cannot understand. How do I accept this on faith?
Of all our creator's works, I believe that infants are the most precious. I think that our Creator (whatever name you assign to him/her is fine with me) gave us an abhorrence for people like this monster (calling him an animal would be an insult to the non-sentient beings of our world) in order to protect our future as a species. I think of the Creator sort of like a sculptor: the baby returned to the Artist who created her and He loves her the way any artist would love a masterpiece and she will be treasured as a pure and sinless soul, the evil man will eventually also be returned to the only being who can break his soul down for scrap. My heart breaks for the mother and I hope she gets to be with her baby when she too returns to the Artist's studio.
The life this poor woman lives, leaves her unable to leave this man. My heart breaks for her. The pain on her face is just heart breaking. These women need help. The only thing that puts my mind to a point of peace about this is knowing this child would have suffered far more for far longer if God hadn't taken her when He did. There is nothing to relieve this poor woman's pain, but we can pray for her. I wish we could bring this woman here. Seeing this makes me understand why so many people want to be in the United States. She needs our help.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the man's sperm determine the sex of the child? And if this is true, then shouldn't he have killed himself?
start up the wood chipper on slow speed and put him in pelvis first
Pelvis? Heck no! He'd bleed out too fast. Start with his foot - only ONE foot and work up.