Wife Dies After Husband Forces Her To Abort 4-Month Female Foetus At Home in Pune, Arrested

Pune: Pune Police arrested a man for forcing his 24-year-old wife to abort her four-month-old foetus of a female at their home, which led to her death during the procedure.

The woman's father-in-law was also arrested. According to the police, the four-month-old foetus was buried on the farm in a village in Indapur tehsil on Monday.

"The deceased woman got married to the accused in 2017. She gave birth to a girl. In 2021, the woman delivered a son," said a police officer from Indapur police station.

He added that the woman got pregnant a third time. Her family members came to know that the foetus was female, following which the husband and his parents summoned a doctor at home and forced the woman to undergo an abortion. She was four months pregnant, the officer said.

(with PTI inputs)