A man in Kerala has been arrested after his wife died while attempting to give birth at home. He had insisted on his wife giving birth at home, instead of a hospital, according to the police.
The incident took place in Thiruvananthapuram, where the childbirth was allegedly attempted using acupuncture treatment.
The man has been arrested on charges under Section 304 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and Section 313 of the IPC, which deals with causing miscarriage without a woman’s consent.
The woman was his second wife and was accompanied by his first wife and her daughter during childbirth. The woman already had three children, the police said.
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