Jaipur, Mar 17 (PTI) Frustrated as she could not give birth to a son, a woman in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu killed her 17-day-old daughter by throwing her into a water tank, police said Monday.

According to the police, the woman said that she wanted a son but ended up delivering a daughter, due which she threw her into the water tank and closed the lid.

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Kotwali Station House Officer (SHO) Narayan Singh said Aachki Devi (22), from Shri Ram Colony, threw her 17-day-old daughter into a water tank on Sunday when she could not give birth to a son.

She then closed the tank's lid resulting in her daughter's death, he said.

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The officer said the woman informed one of her acquaintances about the incident, following which the woman's husband lodged a complaint.

He said that based on the complaint a case of murder was registered against her and she was arrested on Monday. She was produced before the court that sent her to judicial custody.

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