Could not load that page.

Death of Baby Falak

☆ Save On Wikipedia ↗

Falak was a two-year-old victim of human trafficking who was admitted to AIIMS Trauma Centre in New Delhi, India, on 18 January 2012, with a fractured skull, broken bones, and human bite marks on her body all over her body and cheeks that had been branded by a hot iron.[1] She was named Falak, by the nurses at the ICU.

Falak had survived six brain surgeries,[2] contracted severe infections in the lung, blood and brain due to which she was under ventilation and had a shunt to drain accumulated fluid,[3][4][5] and suffered three heart attacks, succumbing to the last on 15 March 2012, 56 days since hospitalization.[6][7][8] The doctors and nurses treating the baby said that it was an exceptional case and that it left an intense experience.[6][9][10]

The baby was brought to the hospital by a 15-year-old girl, who initially claimed to be the mother and that the baby fell out of the bed, but upon interrogation admitted to hitting the child after a tantrum and obtaining the baby through her partner, Rajkumar who had subjected her to forced prostitution after helping her elope to escape her abusive father.[11] She is set be tried for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.[12][6] Falak was discovered to have been separated from two siblings, her brother who was traced to West Delhi's Uttam Nagar locality, and her sister who was traced to Muzaffarpur in Bihar married to a Rajasthani man.[10] Her biological mother was identified as Munni, a 22 year old trafficking victim who had been sold into a second marriage by two women traffickers who assured her they would take proper care of her children. Ten people were arrested in the case including the two women traffickers and also Mohammad Dilshad alias Rajkumar, who had abandoned the baby with his girlfriend.[13][14]

Baby Falak was buried at Ferozeshah Kotla burial grounds by her biological mother on 16 March 2012, after Child Welfare Committee's directions.[15] Her biological mother was subsequently housed in a shelter through the Social Welfare Department.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Abandoned, 2-yr-old battles for life in ICU". Hindustan Times. 25 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. "baby Falak Age 2, dies of heart attack in hospital". NDTV. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. "Baby Falak's brain infection starts subsiding". IBN Live. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  4. Rhythma, Kaul (15 March 2012). "Two-year-old battered baby Falak dies in AIIMS". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  5. "Baby Falak dies after battling odds for two months". DNA India. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  6. Nandan Jha, Durgesh; Dwaipayan Ghosh (15 March 2012). "Two-year-old Falak leaves for a better world". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  7. "Battered baby Falak dies after battling odds for two months". Indian Express. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  8. , AIIMS doctors bid final adieu to Baby Falak, IBNLive, 16 March 2012.
  9. Correspondent, NDTV (28 January 2012). "have never seen a case like this, say doctor treating baby abused relentlessly". NDTV. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. "Baby Falak dies of cardiac arrest in AIIMS Trauma Centre". IBN Live. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  11. Basu, Moni (11 February 2012). "Indian baby's case opens doors into a dark world". CNN. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
  12. Sengupta, Subhajit (15 March 2012). "Falak case: Abused, raped teenager took frustration out". IBN. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  13. "Falak case: Baby critical again as cops close in on mom". The Times of India. 31 January 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. "Falak case: Delhi Police arrest prime accused Rajkumar, 9 others". IBN Live. 11 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  15. , Abandoned baby laid to rest after 'mother' claims body, IndianExpress, 17 March 2012.