mother threw her newborn daughter

In a shocking incident, a 22-year-old mother threw her newborn daughter out of the first floor window of a residential building in the Watgunge police station area on Tuesday, allegedly thinking it to be stillborn.

The police said the woman was working as a domestic help and gave birth to the child at her employer’s toilet.

Sabnam, who is from Samastipur in Bihar, began working for a businessman, Md Zahid, two months ago. The police said, as per her employer’s statement she had not informed him or his family members about her pregnancy. Sabnam was ill and very thin and as she wore a burqa all the times, they did not realise she was pregnant, Zahid’s statement said.

Local residents who noticed a newborn lying on the street in front of Zahid’s house informed the police. During preliminary investigation it was revealed that Sabnam gave birth to the child inside a toilet. She panicked after the baby was born and hurled the baby out of the toilet window, the police said.

During questioning, Sabnam claimed that she had given birth to a still-born baby. As she was apprehensive that she might lose her job if the matter came to light, she threw the baby. A senior officer said the woman was so ill that she had to be admitted to Sambhunath Pandit Hospital. The baby’s body has been sent for postmortem to verify if it was stillborn.During questioning, Sabnam claimed that she had given birth to a still-born baby. As she was apprehensive that she might lose her job if the matter came to light, she threw the baby. A senior officer said the woman was so ill that she had to be admitted to Sambhunath Pandit Hospital. The baby’s body has been sent for postmortem to verify if it was stillborn.link