Baby Afreen

• Baby Afreen passes away in hospital after cardiac arrest

  For nearly a week, the three-month-old fought as hard as she could in hospital, despite a father who established through brute force that she was unwanted. This morning, Baby Afreen died 30 minutes after a cardiac arrest in a government hospital - the third that she visited in the last seven days with her teenaged mother. She was buried later in th...

• Baby Afreen's grandmother summoned by State Welfare Committee

  Even as baby Afreen continues to be on life support in the ICU of a Bangalore hospital, after allegedly being beaten by her own father, the state Child Welfare Committee has issued a notice to the paternal grandmother of baby Afreen. The committee is hoping to question her on why she hadn't reported her son's violent behaviour and also her reasons ...

• Baby Afreen moves limbs today, but is in critical condition

  Baby Afreen's doctors say she will need intensive care for at least six weeks before they can declare her out of danger. She has begun moving her limbs -a small sign of improvement, say her attendants.

• There was cloth in her mouth, a pillow was on her face: Baby Afreen's mother

  She is named Afreen, meaning "special" or "unique." The three-month-old has been bestowed so far with vindictive extra-ordinariness. She lies hooked up to a ventilator at a government hospital, the third that she has been to since Thursday. Her father, Umar Farooq, has been arrested for abusing her. Because of an assault last week, she has sw...