Muzaffarpur man throws baby into fire as mother rejects sexual advances

MUZAFFARPUR: A man allegedly threw a three-month-old baby girl into a fire in the Bochahan police station area in Muzaffarpur district on Sunday after her mother protested against his sexual advances, police said. The baby received severe burn injuries in her legs and is being treated at the Sadar Hospital.
The woman was sitting outside her home near a bonfire when the man sitting beside her tried to sexually harass her. When she protested, the man snatched the baby from her lap and threw her into the fire, DSP (HQ) Baidyanath Singh said.An FIR was lodged against the man under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint) of IPC, he said.
The woman’s husband alleged that the local police station did not lodge an FIR at first, following which he approached SSP Jayant Kant. The police started the investigation on the SSP’s intervention, he said, demanding immediate arrest of the accused.