The Uttar Pradesh police have launched a probe after a video of an 8-month pregnant woman and her husband being beaten up by a group of men went viral.

Kasturi developed excessive bleeding after she gave birth to a male boy and passed away before delivering the second baby.

On the basis of the complaint registered by the relatives of the deceased, the police have filed a case against the husband and two of his family members.

The armed person who was carrying the stretcher in front is a District Reserve Guard force personnel. 

A 22-year-old Kusanagi Chendramma, of Tokapaadu village, moved on ‘Doli’ (a makeshift palanquin) in labor pain due to lack of roads. The villagers prepared the palanquin on an urgent basis for the pregnant woman

A pregnant woman in labour was helped by the Border Security forces of the India-Bangla border and taken to the hospital.

Woman and newborn son carried on charpoy amidst cyclone Yaas. Nath’s father Sambhu was worried because the placenta did not drop from the womb.

Inspector Harish said, “The pregnant woman was in pain and her three family members were in tension without finding any help.”

Research dietitian Jane Whitbread says adequate iodine is essential for the intellectual development of the foetus

“They have to sleep in the open air, it’s really cold. It’s not a good place for adults and it is even worse for babies,” a rescue co-ordinator said.