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Eye Investigations

Season 3 · Episode 23

The Midwife's Confession

0.01h 2mSeptember 11, 2024

30 years ago, a journalist in the Indian state of Bihar filmed a series of shocking confessions: midwives admitting they routinely murdered new-born baby girls. Using this unseen archive, BBC Eye explores the disturbing story of infanticide in rural India.

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