In India, village midwives make a shocking confession — BBC World Service Documentaries

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Warning: includes content some viewers may find distressing. 30 years ago, in the Indian state of Bihar, a group of village midwives confessed on camera that they routinely murdered new-born baby girls. Using archive footage that has never been seen before, this BBC Eye documentary explores the disturbing subject of infanticide in rural India – and tells the moving story of one woman’s campaign to save girls’ lives. Reporter: Amitabh Parashar Assistant Producer: Purnima Mehta Producer: Neha Tara Mehta Researcher: Shwetika Archi Raj Filmed by: Syed Safi Ahmad Omkar Phatak Additional Camera: Gaurav Lodhi Rajpoot Film Editor: Abhinav Tyagi Associate Editor: Hriday Rao Chauhan Sound Recordist and Editor: Debangshu Roy Impact Producers: Baya Cat Emaan Warraich Anusha Kumar Tom Donkin Mark Shea Director, Development: Hemal Trivedi Development Exec: Emma Whitlock Translations: Devanshu Jha Soumya Jha Sona Singh Ratan Priya Komal Kumbhar Tanuja Jha Ifath Arwah Lighting: Selak Ram Colourist: Robin Doelly Graphic Design: Asher Kaye Isbrucker Production Coordinator: Varsha Garg Production Manager: Dawn Macdonald Production Executive: Nayantara Gauba Special Thanks: Indian Air Force Kavita Parashar Ravindra Kumar Dinanath Kesari Asita Maldahiyar Abhay Anand Parvaz Ahmad Lone Parvez Ahmad Head of Longform: Liz Gibbons India Series Producer: Ankur Jain Directed by: Amitabh Parashar Syed Ahmed Safi Executive Producers: Anubha Bhonsle Daniel Adamson #BBCEye #BBCdocumentary #BBCEyeInvestigations #BBCWorldServicedocumentary #India #Indiandocumentary #Indiadocumentary #midwives #midwife #Bihar #ruralIndia #history #women #humanrights #NGO #Siro #Anila #Amitabhparashar #sonpreference #dowry #gender #femaleinfanticidedocumentary #femaleinfanticideinvestifation #dowrydeaths Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3whmDp3 ----------------------------------- This is the official BBC News India channel. If you want to understand and follow the India story, we hope this will be your home. Here, you’ll find stories that move your heart and explainers, interviews and documentaries on issues that you care about. Don’t expect a 24/7 stream of news, we are not that channel. But you can look forward to top-quality BBC journalism that will help you make sense of what’s happening around you. Do comment on our videos and posts because we will be reading them and taking them on board, and if you like what we do, you can also find us here BBC Website 👉🏽https://bbc.in/3XjgjcP Instagram 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3GNTSVW Facebook 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3XgMc5M Twitter 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3XlbAXZ Thanks for following us! #BBCNewsIndia #India