<p>   The baby&#39;s head is severely injured and there are bite marks on several parts of the body.</p>  <div>   <a href="http://videos.mid-day.com/Three-month-old-girl-assaulted-by-father.htm"><strong>Click here to view video</strong></a></div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Police arrested the father Umar Farook, 25, an employee of a commercial shop in Shivajinagar in Bangalore&#39;s central district, police told reporters late Sunday.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Farook was picked up on his wife Rehsma Bhanu&#39;s complaint that he had been torturing the baby to kill it, as he wanted a boy.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The baby, Afreen, is in the intensive care unit of the government-run Vani Vilas hospital here.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Discussing chances of the baby&#39;s recovery, doctors said they could talk about it only after a 48-hour observation.</div>

A three-month-old baby girl is battling for life after being allegedly beaten by her father who wanted a boy, police said.

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