Pregnant woman assaulted, loses foetus

Bengaluru | Wednesday | 30th May, 2018

Summary:

The police arrested Papanna and Anand based on a complaint by Harish, whose wife Varalakshmi, 23, was attacked by the gang of five raking up an old enmity. more-inTwo people were arrested after a woman’s five-month-old foetus was aborted allegedly due to an assault by five of her neighbours on Saturday. Harish immediately took her to a hospital where the foetus was aborted. According to the complaint, Papanna, his wife Sarasamma and their relatives Akshata, Anand and Sharada allegedly barged into the couple’s house when Varalakshmi was feeding her two-year-old son and beat her. Harish said the accused used to quarrel frequently with them, as they suspected Varalakshmi of helping a girl from their family marry a youth of her choice..