Karnataka man arrested for his baby’s murder, cops say ‘was upset over second girl’

2 min readBengaluruUpdated: Jul 25, 2026 10:23 AM IST The Karnataka Police arrested the man, an employee at Kempegowda International Airport, after the infant's body was recovered from an underground sump tank at his in-laws' house. (Representational image)A 13-day-old infant was allegedly killed by her father in Karnataka’s Chikkaballapura district early on Friday, with the police claiming the man was unhappy that his second child was also a girl. The police arrested Imran, 28, employed at Kempegowda International Airport, after the infant’s body was recovered from an underground sump tank at his in-laws’ house in Nakkalakunte village.According to the police, Imran allegedly took the baby from beside his sleeping wife around 1 am while everyone in the house was asleep and threw her into t