India, May 20 -- Unhappy over the birth of a girl child, a 20-year-old man allegedly abducted and abandoned his one-month-old daughter in a drain in outer Delhi's Rohini area, police said on Tuesday, adding that the accused was arrested. The infant was rescued alive around three hours later and is undergoing medical treatment.

According to police, the incident came to light on May 17 when the control room at Budh Vihar police station received a call regarding the kidnapping of an infant girl. A police team was immediately despatched to the complainant's residence.

"The infant's mother told police that her husband, identified as Sajjan Kumar, had taken away their daughter around 4am," deputy commissioner of police (Rohini) Shashank Jaisw...