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Pregnant woman's in-laws 'stomped on her stomach until she lost her baby' because they thought she was having a girl because holy man said she was carrying a girl'.
Suvarna Gaikwad was kicked, punched in the stomach and 'stomped on' by her husband and his family after Shyambamba Shinde, a 'Godman' - an Indian holy man she was taken to see - told her in-laws that she was carrying a girl which would bring doom upon the family.
The foetus did not survive and had to be aborted.
"My husband's family would regularly visit this so called Godman. They took me to him too, since there were squabbles in the house. Since I refused to abort my baby, they hit me," she said.
She claims that she had previously been 'tortured' by members of the family she married into because they wanted her to provide a dowry to build a house
Her husband Khanderao Gaikwad, who is a labourer, the holy man and six others, including her in-laws, have been arrested and charged for harassment and causing miscarriage without woman's consent.
Suvarna Gaikwad was kicked, punched in the stomach and 'stomped on' by her husband and his family after Shyambamba Shinde, a 'Godman' - an Indian holy man she was taken to see - told her in-laws that she was carrying a girl which would bring doom upon the family.
The foetus did not survive and had to be aborted.
"My husband's family would regularly visit this so called Godman. They took me to him too, since there were squabbles in the house. Since I refused to abort my baby, they hit me," she said.
She claims that she had previously been 'tortured' by members of the family she married into because they wanted her to provide a dowry to build a house
Her husband Khanderao Gaikwad, who is a labourer, the holy man and six others, including her in-laws, have been arrested and charged for harassment and causing miscarriage without woman's consent.
