Afreen was allegedly tortured by her father as he wanted a son. She was admitted within the government-run Vani Vilas Hospital in Bangalore Sunday with a severe head injury, bite marks on her body and a few burn injuries. She died of cardiac arrest.
Her death has evoked anger and disgust among celebrities and commoners alike with greater than 500 people tweeting within the first hour after the scoop of her death. Here is what they said:
Farhan Akhtar: Baby Afreen's father is a blot on humanity.
Meghna Gulzar: Baby Afreen. Baby Falak. And God knows what number of more that did not make the headlines. Or through life. Sad and shameful.
Shruti Seth: UNBELIEVABLY TRAGIC. Battered Bangalore baby Neha Afreen dies in hospital.
Mini Mathur: DEATH for baby Afreens father!! No mercy IN ANY RESPECT. Yes capital punishment isn't the norm. But who can put bites and cigarette burns on a 3-month-old baby?? And fracture her tiny arms?? WHO?
Ashish Chowdhry: Pathetic bas****of a father. Cardiac arrest on a 3-month-old. Wish he rots in hell.
Kavi Shastri: Battered Bangalore baby Neha Afreen dies in hospital... disgusted!!!
Neel Dutt: Baby Afreen's father is a blot on humanity. The court should maintain him in some way that'll make other such blots think twice.
Shivakar S: 1st baby Falak, now, baby Afreen. Disgusted by the days we are living in.
Nandita Iyer: I AM GETTING a renewed faith within the harshest possible death penalty after I hear of individuals like Baby Afreen's father. Disgraceful indeed.
Sharmila Mahurkar: God saw YOU were getting tired, and a cure was not meant to Be....so he put his arms around you and whispered include Me......RIP Baby Afreen.
Anup Dev Kumar: Feel so sad about baby Afreen..RIP little soul..
Sukhmani Singh: My nationalism has died with Baby Afreen. How can our men be so brutal to the girl-child, and treat those who survive with equal disdain?
Afreen's case is identical to that of baby Falak, who died March 16 on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi after battling for life for just about two months. Two-year-old Falak was also brutally beaten, bitten, her skull was broken and limbs fractured.
As per the 2011 Census report, the sex ratio in India, known for its male preference, stands at 914 females per 1,000 males.
Gender discrimination is rampant within the country. In step with a United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report, although a marginal increase on the whole sex ratio on the national level was observed between 1981 and 2001, the kid sex ratio continued to decline over five decades.
A Unicef report said foetal sex determination and sex selective abortion by unethical doctors has today grown right into a Rs.1,000 crore industry ($244 million).
