Man Slices Open His Pregnant Wife's Tummy To Check If It's A Boy

Indian Police have arrested a man with five children, all girls. The man whose name is Pannalal sliced open the tummy of his pregnant wife to check if it's a boy.

He attacked his wife with a sickle on at their home in Budaun in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, after being told by a priest that she was expecting another girl.

The victim’s family said the suspect already had five girls and was desperate for a son.

Confirming the attack, Civil Lines Police Station SHO, Sudhakar Pandey said the couple got into an argument after a priest prophesied that their next child would be a girl.

Pravin Singh Chauhan, a senior police officer, said the woman who was around seven months pregnant was rushed to the hospital where she later gave birth to a still born baby boy.