TENALI: In yet another case of female infanticide, the husband and in-laws forced a woman who gave birth to two girls to abort the four subsequent pregnancies apparently on the advice of a godman who said the woman would deliver a boy child only in her seventh pregnancy.The victim is battling for her life at a private hospital near Mangalagiri as the forcible abortion is said to have infected her body parts. Though the incident took place a few days ago, it came to light only in the late hours of Sunday when the victim was rushed to the hospital by her parents. According to information, the woman's parents Rehman and Fatima, residents of Balajiraopet in Tenali town, performed the marriage of their daughter Munni with a welder Allabaksh of Mangalagiri about eight years ago.Subsequently, Munni gave birth to a baby girl in her first delivery, which did not go down well with her in laws. With Munni giving birth to another girl in the second delivery, the anger of the in-laws touched skies and they started harassing her on one pretext or the other. She tolerated all the tortures keeping in view of the poverty of her parents and pleaded with her in-laws to allow her to undergo family planning operation to avoid further problems. The in-laws did not agree and forced her to bear another child despite the fact that she was anaemic. Much to the chargin of her in-laws, Munni gave birth to a baby girl for the third time. A few days later, the infant died under suspicious conditions.Then, the in-laws of Munni said to have taken her to a 'baba' in Vijayawada and sought his blessings for a male child. The godman is said to have told them that Munni would give birth to a baby boy in her seventh delivery. A shocked Munni refused to wait and pleaded with her husband and in-laws to allow her to undergo family planning operation. However, they threatened to kill the two girl children, too, if she wanted to undergo an FP operation without their knowledge. Munni's husband and in-laws are said to have forcibly aborted the fourth and the fifth pregnancies and wanted her to wait for the seventh one."We have arrested all the three including the husband of Munni, Allabaksh, father-in-law Babu , mother-in-law Taherunnisa ," said III Town CI Shaik Usman. Meanwhile, district collector V N Vishnu directed the district medical and health officer Gopi Naik to probe the incident and take action against the culprits. He asked the authorities of the hospital where Munni is undergoing treatment to take all steps to protect her life. He said that they would take all steps to see that the culprits got the severest punishment.The victim is battling for her life at a private hospital near Mangalagiri as the forcible abortion is said to have infected her body parts. Police booked a case against three.