Soro, Dec. 9 -- Tension prevailed after a minor girl attempted to die by suicide following alleged harassment by her family for opposing her sibling's trafficking in Soro in Odisha's Balasore district. The girl was rushed to the hospital in a critical state after she consumed poison early on Tuesday morning. She is currently stable and is undergoing treatment.

As per reports, the girl's parents - Prafulla Dhada and Gayatri Dhada - already had four daughters and one son. When Gayatri gave birth to another baby boy on December 3, the couple, strained by poverty, decided to do away with the child. They handed over the newborn to another couple from Sabaranga village in Bhadrak district. When the infant's elder sister got to know about the ...