Indian mother shocked after ‘alien’ baby birth

KATHIHAR, Bihar: A baby born in India with rare physical deformity has become a cynosure for visitors who believe he is a reincarnation of a Hindu God.

The child’s mother has labeled her son as ‘alien’.

Mum-of-four Khalida Begum, 35, gave birth to the yet-to-be-named baby on Monday and was ‘shocked’ when she saw he had a small head and bulging eyes.

Villagers in Kadamgachi in Kathihar, are now flocking to the family home, believing he is an incarnation of Hindu monkey god Hanuman, it has been reported.

Doctors in India diagnosed the boy with extremely rare genetic condition harlequin ichthyosis, which gives sufferers thick skin and deformed features, locals said.

His mother said: ‘Several body parts of the baby is not completely developed.

‘When I saw the baby after delivery for the first time, I was completely shocked to see the alien-looking boy.

‘I couldn’t believe that I had a delivered an alien-like boy. I was so shocked and saddened by this that I asked the midwife to take the baby out of my sight.

‘My other children were born healthy without any deformity. That’s why it took me sometime to absorb the shock.’

The boy’s father, Mohammed Imtiyaz added: ‘Maybe God has sent him as an exhibit.’