Srinagar: A man was arrested on Wednesday by police in Srinagar after a video went viral in which he was seen trying to throw an infant into a river.
The police in a statement said that a video was uploaded on social media in which a man was seen trying to throw an infant into a river. Taking cognisance of the video, Srinagar police acted swiftly and apprehended the person, namely Mohd Abbas, resident of Shar Shali Pulwama.
Police said that Abbas disclosed that his wife had delivered a male baby who was stillborn (dead at birth) and to save the inconvenience of carrying the dead baby back to his native village he tried to dispose of his body into the river. But people interrupted him and he carried the baby back to his native village and performed his last rites there, he told police.
“The facts are being cross checked from the medical records and witnesses,” reads the statement.
—GNS

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