Goa, Jan. 27 -- The accusation is that father Jhanwar Lal killed his own daughter Anshika alias Anshula to save his government job where he was employed on a contractual basis.

The incident took place in Bikaner's Chhatargarh-Thane region where the alleged killer Jhanwar Lal works as an assistant in a school in Chandasar village. Jhanwar was scared of losing his job as Anshika was his third daughter. Eyewitnesses say that the couple came on a bike, threw the baby in a canal and fled from the spot. The sad and tragic incident has brought the topic of population growth and the controlling measures to the fore at international level.

There has to be strict laws to control the galloping population. There also has to be timely inspection to se...