India, Nov. 8 -- A 40-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday for allegedly strangling her newborn son just hours after he was born at a government hospital in Rajasthan's Bikaner on Friday morning, police said.

The mother, Guddi Devi, a resident of Ajitsar village, delivered a healthy baby boy around 11pm on Thursday, Station House Officer (SHO) of Kotwali police station Sukhram Chotia said.

According to a police complaint lodged by Guddi's elder sister, Maina Devi, Guddi, already a mother of four children, became distressed shortly after the birth due to severe financial hardship and her inability to care for another child.

Police suspect the infant was strangled sometime between 2am and 4am in the maternity ward while other family m...