Compiled by KHOO JIAN TENG, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A MAN in India who tried to cover up his wife’s death from a botched home abortion was arrested after his in-laws became suspicious, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Ramya and Kannan from Tamil Nadu were married eight years ago and have two daughters.
When Ramya became pregnant again, Kannan arranged a gender identification scan with the help of a female broker and a nurse because he did not want another girl.
Procedures for identifying the gender of unborn foetuses are illegal in India.
After learning the third child was also a girl, Kannan arranged a home abortion with the help of the same two women.
During the procedure Ramya suffered excessive blood loss and was rushed to a hospital. She died soon after.
Kannan apparently told his wife’s family that she died after a fall down the stairs.
However, the family did not believe the story and filed a police report.
The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
