Lucknow: In the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a ruthless husband tore the stomach of his wife to find out the sex of the child.

According to Indian media reports, a woman covered in blood was rushed to a hospital in Bareilli in Uttar Pradesh in critical condition. The family said that the woman’s husband had slit her stomach with a knife.

Doctors began treating the woman after she was admitted to the hospital, while police were called in to take legal action.

A woman belonging to the victim’s family said, “Panna Lal wanted a boy to be born in his house. The victim said that she is 6 to 7 months pregnant. Her husband repeatedly expressed his desire for a boy and I told her that the doctors had given her the good news but he wanted to see her first. “We have five daughters, this time he wanted a son,” she said.