A newborn baby was branded an ‘alien’ and later shunned by his mother after being born with an extremely rare condition, this week.
Khalida Begum, 35, gave birth to the as-yet-to-be-named baby on Monday night and was ‘shocked’ when she saw he had a small head and bulging eyes.
Doctors in India provisionally diagnosed him with an extremely rare genetic condition called Harlequin Ichthyosis, which gives sufferers thick skin and deformed feature.
Newborn: Khalida Begum, 35, gave birth to the as-yet-unnamed baby on Monday night
The mother-of-four, from Kathihar in the North Indian state of Bihar, initially demanded midwives remove him from sight.
‘Several body parts of the baby is not completely developed,’ she told local reporters.
‘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.’
Fortunately, several hours later, she relented and happily began nursing the child.
Since then villagers have been flocking to the family home, believing he is an incarnation of Hindu monkey God Hanuman.
Uncommon: Doctors diagnosed the boy with rare genetic condition Harlequin Ichthyosis
Shocked: The mother-of-four, from Kathihar in the North Indian state of Bihar, initially demanded midwives remove him from sight – but later chose to nurse him
The news comes just 24 hours after a 21 year-old man was deemed a deity after a mystery condition left him just 23 inches tall.
Manpreet Singh is the same height and weight as a six month old baby and is believed to be one of the smallest people in the world.
Currently undiagnosed, his condition remains a mystery. But now locals in Punjab, India, consider him a Hindu God reincarnated and visit him daily to be ‘blessed’.
Celebrated: Locals in Kathihar, India, claim he’s an incarnation of Hindu God Hanuman