In a gruesome incident, a father of five daughters in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun allegedly ripped open the stomach of his pregnant wife on Saturday evening to find out if she was going to deliver a son this time.

Pannalal, 43, slit the stomach of his wife, aged around 35, with a sharp-edged weapon in the Nekpur locality under the Civil Lines police station area, injuring her seriously, SP (City) Pravin Singh Chauhan said.