Mumbai Crime: 2-year-old girl dies after stepfather slaps her over urinating

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A two-year-old girl died after being slapped by her stepfather at Sakinaka, Andheri (East) recently.

The accused was arrested on Saturday on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, stated a report in The Indian Express.

According to Sakinaka police, the accused Arif Ansari, 28, and his wife Razia Ansari, 28, got married six months ago and lived at Netaji Nagar.

The wife has four children from her previous marriage and is a domestic help. Arif works in the private sector. A year ago, one of her daughters, the victim Shifa, suffered a leg fracture in a mishap and was unable to walk.

A week before her death, Shifa was suffering from cold and fever. On March 4, at 8.30 am, she was playing near the door and urinated. "Seeing her urinate, Arif slapped her on the face," Razia told the police in her statement.

Due to the impact, Shifa fell on the floor and suffered a head injury. She also experienced breathlessness, her mother told the police.

Arif and Razia rushed her to a private clinic, where the doctor asked her to go to a bigger hospital. They then rushed Shifa to Anandibai Joshi maternity home by 10.40 am, and by 11 am she was declared dead.

A post-mortem stated "Traumatic Asphyxia" as the preliminary cause of Shifa's death, but the final cause of death report is awaited pending chemical analysis report from the forensic lab.

An FIR has been registered under Section 304 (2) for culpable homicide. The accused was produced before a magistrate court and remanded in police custody till March 9.