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The woman used a sickle to chop off the infant's extra fingers and toes. "The child was born on December 22 to a woman identified as Tarabai in Sundardev village. Within hours, the infant died and was buried in the village," Dabar added. She later coated the injuries with cow dung. KHANDWA (MP): A woman in a tribal hamlet in Madhya Pradesh 's Khandwa district allegedly chopped off the extra fingers and toes of her newborn child out of fear that the oddity would hamper the infant's chances of getting married, police said on Saturday.The girl, who was born on December 22 with six fingers each on both hands and six toes each on both feet, succumbed to the injuries, police said.After being alerted by media reports, the body of the child was exhumed on Saturday for further probe, an official said..