Its really a very painful incident which took place in Bangalore, a three-month-old baby girl is struggling for life at a hospital after being purportedly beaten up by her father who is also charged of biting the baby girl.

Omar Farooq, a car painter, has been arrested following a police complaint yesterday by his 19-year-old wife Reshma who accused him of beating Baby Afrin since he was not happy with delivery of a girl.

The baby was admitted to the intensive care unit of state-run Vani Vilas Hospital on Sunday April 8 after vomiting blood and suffering breathing problems and she would be kept under observation for 48 hours, hospital sources told PTI.

Reshma in her police complaint also charged her husband with even biting the baby in her absence.

The woman alleged that her husband, whom she married in 2010, did not want a girl child and that once she gave birth to Afrin, was 
continually harassing her to bring in Rs one lakh as dowry and threatened to end their lives if the demand was not met, police said.

She said she noticed her child vomiting blood on April 7 morning and immediately took her to Bowring Hospital, where she was treated for a day and referred to Vani Vilas Hospital, where she is now being treated.

Medical Superintendent of Vani Vilas Hospital Dr Gangadhar said the baby is in critical condition as she has suffered brain haemorrhage.

“She has been put on ventilator support and her condition is being continuously monitored”, he told reporters.

Dr Premlata of the hospital’s peadiatric department said there are lot of injury marks on the skin of the baby, who was either bitten or hit by something or thrown.

“There is also a history of smothering the baby with pillow,” she said.

The incident sparked outrage among child rights bodies.

Karnataka Child Welfare Commission Chairperson Meena Jain said that "The assault which was happened on the girl was inexcusable.