An eight-month-old baby who suffered from a heart ailment died for want of treatment, in a case of alleged police apathy.
The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district, about 200 kilometres from here, as the cops detained the girl child's kin, who were being questioned in connection with a case in which they were later found to be innocent.
The mother of the baby girl kept pleading with the cops to allow at least one of the male members to take the infant to a hospital in Kanpur but the cops did not relent.
By the time the two uncles of the infant were released after they were found to be innocent, the little girl had already died.
A probe has now been ordered into the matter, police said on Sunday.
According to reports, the police had picked up the infant's uncles from their village of Kadaura on Friday evening in connection with a case. The police told the family members that they would be released after brief questioning.
The infant, who suffered from a heart ailment, had not been keeping well for the past few days and her condition had deteriorated at night prompting her mother Rupa Devi to rush to the police station along with the sick baby. She pleaded with the cops to let one of the men go so that the infant could be taken to the hospital in Kanpur.
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An eight-month-old baby who suffered from a heart ailment died for want of treatment, in a case of alleged police apathy.
The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district, about 200 kilometres from here, as the cops detained the girl child’s kin, who were being questioned in connection with a case in which they were later found to be innocent.
The mother of the baby girl kept pleading with the cops to allow at least one of the male members to take the infant to a hospital in Kanpur but the cops did not relent.
By the time the two uncles of the infant were released after they were found to be innocent, the little girl had already died.
A probe has now been ordered into the matter, police said on Sunday.
According to reports, the police had picked up the infant’s uncles from their village of Kadaura on Friday evening in connection with a case. The police told the family members that they would be released after brief questioning.
The infant, who suffered from a heart ailment, had not been keeping well for the past few days and her condition had deteriorated at night prompting her mother Rupa Devi to rush to the police station along with the sick baby. She pleaded with the cops to let one of the men go so that the infant could be taken to the hospital in Kanpur.
The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district, about 200 kilometres from here, as the cops detained the girl child's kin, who were being questioned in connection with a case in which they were later found to be innocent.
The mother of the baby girl kept pleading with the cops to allow at least one of the male members to take the infant to a hospital in Kanpur but the cops did not relent.
By the time the two uncles of the infant were released after they were found to be innocent, the little girl had already died.
A probe has now been ordered into the matter, police said on Sunday.
According to reports, the police had picked up the infant's uncles from their village of Kadaura on Friday evening in connection with a case. The police told the family members that they would be released after brief questioning.
The infant, who suffered from a heart ailment, had not been keeping well for the past few days and her condition had deteriorated at night prompting her mother Rupa Devi to rush to the police station along with the sick baby. She pleaded with the cops to let one of the men go so that the infant could be taken to the hospital in Kanpur.
An eight-month-old baby who suffered from a heart ailment died for want of treatment, in a case of alleged police apathy. The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Hamirpur district, about 200 kilometres from here, as the cops detained the girl child’s kin, who were being questioned in connection with a case in which they were later found to be innocent.
The mother of the baby girl kept pleading with the cops to allow at least one of the male members to take the infant to a hospital in Kanpur but the cops did not relent.
By the time the two uncles of the infant were released after they were found to be innocent, the little girl had already died.
A probe has now been ordered into the matter, police said on Sunday.
According to reports, the police had picked up the infant’s uncles from their village of Kadaura on Friday evening in connection with a case. The police told the family members that they would be released after brief questioning.
The infant, who suffered from a heart ailment, had not been keeping well for the past few days and her condition had deteriorated at night prompting her mother Rupa Devi to rush to the police station along with the sick baby. She pleaded with the cops to let one of the men go so that the infant could be taken to the hospital in Kanpur.