Nagpur
(Maharashtra), September 28: In an utterly shocking incident a 24-year-old woman
performed self-abortion procedure after watching YouTube videos at her home in Maharashtra’s
Nagpur while her parents were not present, last week.
The local
police said that the young woman pre-maturely delivered her child in the
seventh month of pregnancy, following which her lover buried the foetus. The
victim was in a sexual relationship with her lover, and they have had more than 50 sexual
escapades since 2016.
Yashodhara
Nagar police officials said that they had arrested Sohail Wahab Khan in connection
with the case. The accused has been arrested following a complaint filed by the
young woman’s parents.
The victim said
that her lover, who works as a driver, asked her to abort the child as he was
already married and even had a son from the marriage. The accused asked the
woman to follow the steps shown in the YouTube video to detach the foetus from
the body by cutting the cord. Little did she know that in the process, the
woman risked her life by cutting the cord with whatever equipment she could
manage in her home and kitchen, the police said.
A team from
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital has been summoned to
exhume the remains of the infant from Taj Nagar burial ground. The police have
not been able to trace it yet.
The local
police said that the couple has been in a relationship for around six years,
during which the accused allegedly had exploited her promising marriage. Presently
the accused is in his second marriage after the earlier ended in a divorce.
Meanwhile,
the incident raises numerous questions on the content available on the video
streaming platform. The easy accessibility of such content on YouTube is a
matter of concern. This is not the first time someone has tried to carry out a
serious medical procedure after watching a tutorial video on YouTube.