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RAIPUR: In a heart-wrenching incident, a woman threw her two daughters - one of them only a few days old - in a well as her husband had been harassing for not producing a male child . Both the children fell to their death.

The incident took place in Amoda village of Janjgir-Champa district, and police have arrested the woman. A case has been lodged against the man.

The woman was driven to desperation due to the constant nagging of her husband. He would insult her for not being able to deliver a son. Police said, Dhanaram Sahu and Seema had married four years ago. The couple had a daughter two years later. From then, Dhanaram would often remain angry with her.

When Seema got pregnant again recently, Dhanaram had warned her of consequences that this time the baby should be a boy, she told police.

On May 9, they had another daughter, and Dhanaram started abusing and thrashing her from that day onward.

On Monday evening, fed up of the constant harassment, Seema picked up both her daughters and threw them in a nearby well.

Neighbours informed the police and the woman was arrested. The woman confessed to throwing the children stating that her husband mentally harassed her and incited her to take the step.

She told police that Dhanendra would get herbs and force feed them to her so that she conceives a boy.

An FIR was lodged against him and he was arrested as well.

