Indian couple beat their daughter to death just because of $20..

That was really a disgusting piece of news you have given but you cannot blame everyone living in my country or paint everyone with the same brush since most people are Godfearing here in India inspite of the poverty and apalling conditions that many persons live in. I too live in Mumbai but i have only come across kindness from all those whom i have met. Such incidents happen not only here but in all countries but we don`t get to hear about them most of the time but that does not mean that they don`t happen there. India is renowned for warm hospitality but it is the stray incidents that get magnified by the press and media which gives the people and the country a bad name. There may be worse things happening in the US, Uk and other developed countries so would you call these countries unsafe to live? If that were the case then one would have to go and live on the Moon where there is nobody because every country in the world has plenty of incidents of human rights abuses and hundreds of incidents like these must be happening daily. I do not condone this particular incident or any othe incident like this and the parents of the unfortunate child should receive severe punishment. But please don`t say that all Indians are bad and that its not safe to live here because that is not the truth. Since you are a foreigner( which country are you from?) i would love to meet you personally, both you and your husband, if you wish since i am a resident of Mumbai so that i can allay your fears and misconceptions. I have added you as a friend and if you would like to meet me send me a pvt message and i will give you my phone number so that you can call me. It would give me a great pleasure to meet you both.

I just do not know what to say, I cannot imagine another one could think a daughter is worth less than $20. I mean, the hardship and all to bring the child to the world and all those stuff they do with the child? How to compare to $20 dollars or even any amount of money. This people do not deserve to be parents. I do not know even if hell have a place for them.

Hey there:) Yes it is sad to hear of people doing this. that is insane to beat someone let alone your daughter for some 20 bucks. You are living in india??.. Things happen all over the world its really not just india. I think just about everyone in every part of the world feels the same way as you do with the whole saftey ...

This is such a sad, sad story! The poor girl probably didn't even take the money! The mother joined in this horrific act; it's not fathomable to me, it is not human! Unfortunately, disturbed people like this exist everywhere not just in India. It is an appalling example of how some individuals give money the power to destroy everything that really matters in life.

WOW!! That is absolutely crazy!! No human life or even an animal's life should ever be considered less worth than money. A new dollar can always be reprinted. An individual person cannot! Well, I know one place on my travels I will NOT be going to. Will not reward creulity with respectful visitation. And thats sad because I love studying different cultures.

When reading this piece of news, i'm not as surprising as you are for the reason that i came from a developing country and have fully understood how people in such places suffer all kinds of sufferings.20$,in china,can have a significant role in one's life in that this amount will provide you with almost half a month's expense on food.And as far as i know,the living conditions in India is much worse than that in China.

Hello strawberrychocodahi, Maybe for some of us, $20 means nothing but for them, that amount means so much to their lives. I understand that life is hard for them but it doesn't mean they can do whatever they want. It's sad to hear this kind of story and it breaks my heart whenever I read this kind of news. I can't imagine when people think that money is more important than their own flesh and blood.

Maybe she shouldn't have stolen the money.

This happens only in India. You get to hear such bizarre news only from India and no where else. That is how India is great. For all it's good and bad things. It's too sad that a father goes on to kill her child just because of money. It so happens that Indian parents believe a lot in the saying ' Spare the rod and spoil the child' and resort to corporal punishment, but sometimes, in their fit of rage forget their limits and go on and on and on and on. It's sad that people don't try to logic their decisions and just do whatever they like. bourne

Hi, It is an extremely sad news and there is no excuse for it. Poverty does not mean that one has to go to the extent of taking a life for a few rupees. It shows the mentality of the couple. It happens all over the world. I have read such reports on the media and it is something that needs to be condemned in the strongest of terms..But to say that India is unsafe is going too far. There are stray incidents and it is highlighted by the media and condemned by almost all the people. Plz do not over react and say that most people are like that, which is totally untrue...

Same here, I used to think of my country as the safest place on the planet; because the people here are very friendly (and actually truthful about it) and quite harmless if I dare say, none would dare spill the blood of another. But since the number of Indians and pakhis increased around here, so did crime, and I'm not talking about robberies, but rather ruthless murders and rapes. I am a girl, and growing up as a child my parents never even worried about me running around the streets all by myself, even though I was just a little girl. But now, even though I'm already eighteen and I am actually a good fighter in both boxing and taekwando, my parents are still very strict about me going out and would never let me go out on my own, even if just to the store across the street in broad daylight! I'm not trying to sabotage Indians'/pakhis' reputation or anything, I'm just stating a clear fact, since the government have gone as far as banning any of these two nationalities from coming to live here and those that are already are here are strictly monitored, and would be sent back to their countries as soon as they show any sign of making trouble. I just don't understand them, whether they're all born like that or they have a profound hatred towards the rest of the world, I just don't get it -w- why should a certain nationality be labeled as dangerous? They really shouldn't ruin their own rep. like that, making headlines with such absurd cases of violence

There are worst things that can happen anywhere in the world. Things like this can happen in America too. Was the father drunk? Where their other ceriumstances? What has happen to the Parents? If that happems here in the states, BOTH parents would be in jail charged with murder. Plese try to follow up on the story and find out more evven though it is desturbing.

Well it is India, here only bad things are showed when there is nothing else to show. You just don't bother about those things. But this market condition has made people crazy about there money. It might be an accident we don't know the exact thing then why we should believe on those newspapers.

Oh my God,,,, what a cruel parents...!!! they can replace the money, but they CANNOT replace their daughter's life...!!!!! another child abuse case, really hate it...!!! did they have brains...!? they're really idiot...!! (sorry for my words...)

Sad things are happening all over the world. What about the case in the US where the mother drowned her two kids and then pretended that someone had kidnapped them? It is just a sign of the times! 2 Timothy 3:1-5 (New International Version) 1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

i don't like india, what about u?

I am from India & there's a lot to hear everyday in the newspapers & on the channels as well. For one, it is definitely an act which should be condemned - it is indeed a ghastly act. But what I would like to add is that there is a huge section of people who are living below the poverty line in India. These people are earning even less than the amount to eat one decent meal in a day & they have huge families to support. This is the reason why such crimes happen almost everyday. These people are more vulnerable to situations like these & they easily walk over eachother to support their individual self. Leave aside the overall current global recession, India's economy has been booming lately, but what is sad is the fact that the rich keep getting richer & the poor even poorer! And the maximum of these kind of crimes are committed in the lowest strata of society.

Agreed u were simple sharing a NEWs...but I guess before doing so on a public forum its better to think twice will this b hurting neones sentiments. It maybe allright for u but u never know for the person who ill read it. Well neways, all i wud like to say for this article is its sad that parents kill their children over petite issues.not just this i have read/heard many others from all over the world as well. Well by and large parents all over the world love their kids immensely, after all its their heart walking outside their body, but then there r some weirdos in the world who r simply outright idiots. If u go to pick stories like these u will hundreds of thousands of them. i mean its all just too weird and sad!!! i pity ppl who fall in this idiot category!!!

i woill help you as i can to got 100 answers..so. i was marryed, and my ex husband, make same thing, with my elder son, becouse he think that he steal some momey, and keep my sons hant to fire, until my son flesh burned and i sow the blck hand....after i divorce in few days...is a long story...and i don t want remember..now my son is big, but his hand is mutilated...and never forget his father atrocity.i can t say more

I read that story and it is indeed bad.....whatever the motive may be....the economic crunch is taking a toll on everybody.....it just takes a moment to vent your anger on someone, but then the immediate next moment you realize that you have done something terribly wrong.....but by the time you realize this.....it becomes too late.....it happens with most of us......and so must have been the case with this family......in a fit of rage or some other tensions running in his head,he must have vented his anger on this little girl......I am sure the father might be repenting now for what he did.....