kolkata a day after the arrest of a 21yearold woman for allegedly smothering her onedayold girl at a private nursing home the police have decided to question her husband ajay singh to check if he had forced her to commit the crime the development came after the woman lovely singh claimed that ever since her marriage about 18 months ago she had been pressurized to bear a male child police said they will ask other family members to join the investigation to ascertain if indeed there was any family pressure as claimed by lovely the cops are also checking the statement by ajay on his whereabouts between 1230am and 530am on the day of the crimelovely was produced at the alipore court on thursday where she was sent to police custody till october 25 public prosecutor sourin ghosal said the pillow used to smother the newborn had been recovered the incident has left the city shocked these extreme decisions are taken when the mother believes that a girl child will be a burden however when the societal pressure will wear off and she will find she stands at the wrong side of the law she is bound to break down these cases might be rare but they show how society still treats the girl child said sociologist prasanta roy the former head of political science and sociology departments of presidency universitythis can be an extreme case of postpartum psychosis we need to know if she was suffering from other depression before her pregnancy it can be due to rapid hormonal changes on the organic part the psychosocial reasons behind such action too can be many and vary from person to person she might think the baby might bring ill luck to her or she might believe she might now get less attention only after studying her clinically can the real reason be established in such cases it is best to access the mental condition of the mother and bring the baby near her only during breast feeding and under guidance from hospital staff said psychiatrist sagnik mukherjee the act of killing ones child seems very unthinkable to many as it might be impossible to understand why a mother would kill her own child this type of reaction is very often observed when neonaticide the killing of a child within the first twentyfour hours of life takes place as in this case said pritha de a psychologist studies have documented that neonaticide is committed mostly by very young females who are single live with their parents or caretakers and in majority of cases deny having become pregnant as a matter of fact research shows that over 95 of newborns killed during the first 24 hours were not born in hospitals but in this case none of the characteristics matchpolice said the accuseds husband ajay stayed back in the twin share cabin on tuesday night he claimed that he fell asleep after midnight and had stepped out for tea early in the