New Delhi: A Bangalore court on Saturday extended the judicial custody of baby Afreen's father, Umar Farooq, till May 5.
Baby Afreen died in a Bangalore hospital on April 11.
The three-month-old baby was admitted to the Vani Vilas Hospital on April 5, with a severe head injury, dislocated neck and bite and burn marks on her body, reportedly inflicted by Farooq because he wanted a son instead.
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12:35 PM, Apr 21, 2012
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11:52 PM, Apr 11, 2012
The three-month-old baby, beaten up badly by her father, succumbed to a massive cardiac arrest on Wednesday. ...
11:50 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Bangalore: Baby Afreen lost her battle for life in a Bangalore hospital on Wednesday. The three-month-old baby was simply unable to bear the brutal torture she suffered at the hands of her own father, all because she was born a girl. The infant succumbed to a massive cardiac arrest on Wednesday morning. And now, her broken-hearted mother is demanding justice. "He killed my baby. He should not be left free...
09:45 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Baby Afreen's mother Reshma called for the strictest punishment for her husband after Afreen died on Wednesday. ...
01:36 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Wednesday reacted sharply to the death of Baby Afreen, the three-month-old baby, who was allegedly beaten and abused by her father, calling it a murder. "This is very tragic and sad. The case should be brought to a logical ending. The mother will have to be given full cooperation and protection," NCPCR Chairperson Shanta Sinha said. "There is a...
11:50 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Bangalore: Three-month-old baby Afreen, who was allegedly beaten and abused by her father, died of cardiac arrest in Bangalore on Wednesday. Afreen, who was admitted to Bangalore's Vani Vilas hospital on Sunday, suffered a massive cardiac arrest on Wednesday at 10:40 AM and died at 11:10 AM after all efforts to revive her by the doctors failed. Professor of Paediatrics at Vani Vilas Hospital R Premalatha said that multiple convulsions...
11:42 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Bangalore: Baby Afreen, the three-month-old baby, who was allegedly beaten and abused by her father, is in a semi-comatose state and doctors say that her condition has worsened. The Vani Vilas hospital, where Afreen is admitted, has sought help from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) for Afreen's treatment. Afreen continued to be on life support on Wednesday. Resident Medical Superintendent (RMS) Somegowda said the baby...
08:19 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Baby Afreen, the three-month-old baby, beaten and abused by her father continues to be critical and on life support. ...
11:37 PM, Apr 10, 2012
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11:16 PM, Apr 10, 2012
It's now finally official that the SC appointed SIT has given a clean chit to Narendra Modi in the Gulbarg massacre case. ...
10:52 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Bangalore: Baby Afreen, the three-month-old baby, beaten and abused by her father continues to be critical and on life support. Her father, who is believed to have done this because he wanted a boy, has been arrested and sent to judicial custody. The baby was beaten, battered and burnt with cigarettes, but now her mother has said that she cannot take the abuse of her child anymore. Reshma Banu has...
09:21 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Watch hospitals become shops and doctors and nurses become touts. Watch government hospital staff selling newborns and infants. Watch a Cobrapost and IBN-Network Expose - The Baby Bazaar tonight at 9 pm. ...
12:39 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Rising cases of violence against girl babies, tonight at 10pm CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a special panel of guests, is India still unsafe for the girl child?
11:37 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Bangalore: Three-month-old Baby Afreen is still critical, doctors at the Vani Vilas hospital said on Tuesday. "Her brain cells could be damaged. She is having convulsions," the hospital said in a statement. Baby Afreen was admitted to the paedeatric intensive care in the hospital on Sunday after allegedly being beaten up by her father Umar Farooq. She had cigarette burns on her head and a dislocated neck. Afreen's mother, Reshma...
10:52 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Bangalore: As a result of a father's cruel, inhuman and shameful torture, a three-month-old baby is fighting for her life in a Bangalore hospital. The father, who has been arrested, battered his daughter as he wanted a son. Baby Afreen has a dislocated neck, cigarette burns on the face and a haemorrhage to the brain. The 3 months old has already seen the uglier side of life. On Sunday, she...
07:52 PM, Apr 09, 2012
