after an operation failed to "tie" his wife's fallopian tubes, Chhagan Singh Rathod of Rajasthan says he will kill his youngest daughter, Shalini, age 3, since he "cannot afford to support" her.

Mr Rathod has filed a case against the doctors in the state's High Court and wants compensation from the hospital, which denies wrongdoing.

He recently sent an e-mail to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, saying that if something was not done about his case soon he would kill Shalini - although he later withdrew the threat.

...The child in the middle of all the fuss, Shalini, is oblivious to the controversy surrounding her birth and continues to live happily in her own world.

Her father is still waiting to hear from the chief minister.