Terming it as a case of "blind faith" and "superstition" UP Home Secretary Deepak Kumar said, "The local police did a commendable job by taking timely action, which saved the child's life."
"No sooner than the local cops were informed about the parents trying to bury their girl child, they swooped down on them before the infant would have been suffocated to death," he added.
Reports reaching Lucknow from Panchsheel Nagar said that the child was suffering from a congenital disease. Officials from a local government hospital told the infant's parents that the disease was incurable.
The parents then approached a tantrik, who advised them to bury the child alive if they wanted to stave off the curse of giving birth to a congenitally ill baby.
The tantrik further told them to carry
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