Mother kills baby

24 January 2011 02:57 am

A Sri Lankan housemaid has been arrested on suspicion of strangling her newborn baby just moments after giving birth.

Sources told the GDN she stuffed a piece of cloth inside the infant's mouth after strangling it to make sure it was dead.

The 39-year-old is alleged to have killed the child last Thursday before hiding its body in a storeroom at her Bahraini employer's home, in Budaiya.

She apparently confessed to her boss the same day after he confronted her because she was acting unusual.

Sources said she told police the child's father was an Asian with whom she had an affair. Sri Lanka honorary consul general P B Higgoda confirmed a complaint had been filed with the police.

It is understood the woman had been admitted to Salmaniya Medical Complex following bleeding, but was discharged into police custody yesterday.

Source: Gulf Daily News