Baby girl buried alive by grandfather

A BABY girl only two days old was found alive in a grave in southern India yesterday, after being buried by her grandfather who did not want to bear the cost of raising a girl.

Female infanticide and foeticide, though illegal, are frequent in some rural areas as boys are traditionally breadwinners, and families must pay huge dowries to marry off their daughters.

Police said Abdul Rahman, 52, had confessed to trying to kill the baby, saying: "I am yet to marry off four daughters and cannot take responsibility for a fifth one." Doctors said the baby was out of danger.

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