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‘Poor’ father tries to bury his newborn baby alive claiming he didn’t have money to cure his tumor

Srinagar: In a shocking incident, a father tried to bury his new born child alive claiming that he didn’t have money to take of the condition of the baby.

The baby was born a few days ago in LD Hospital and is suffering from a tumor. The person, identified as Manzoor Ahmed Banyari has been arrested by the police.

Banyari, a resident of Shopian had approached a grave digger in the city’s largest graveyard, Malkah and had asked him to dig a grave for his son. He had told him that he had died the previous day.

The grave digger obliged however, as soon as he lowered the infant into the grave, he started screaming which caught the attention of the locals. A group of people apprehended Banyari and handed him over to Nowhatta police station.

According to the news agency GNS, a case has been registered and further investigation is on.

However, Banyari has been released on bail, the police has said.

Cops informed that the baby boy has been shifted to LD Hospital and is under treatment there in the caretaker ward.

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