Name: Rookiya.
Died: August 25, 2017.
Age at death: 5 months.
Cause of death: Drowning.
Location: Amruthanagar, Andhra, India.
Disability: Hydrocephalus.
Details:
Rookiya’s mother had no money for big-city medical treatment, and Rookiya’s neighbors had started referring to her as a “demon child” because of her large head. When her father came home to find Rookiya drowned in the washtub, police arrested and questioned her mother, who, they say, confessed to killing her daughter.
Authorities noted that the area has a district hospital and four children’s homes that are meant to help children like Rookiya.
Case status:
Shaik Fatima (Mother), charged with murder.
Source:
Too poor to afford her medical care, Andhra mother kills her own baby girl