21-yr-old gives birth to 5 babies

Siddharthnagar, Mar 11 (UNI) In a rare occurence, a 21-year-old woman gave birth to five babies in Babhanpurwa village of this district of Uttar Pradesh.

Babita, married to Ramji Dubey, gave birth to five babies late last night.

''It came as a surprise to me but I took it as god's gift. The babies included two males and three females. All of them were in good health but weighed only around one kg each,'' said a proud father.

''However, what is destined has to happen and all my babies died after few hours of birth,'' added Mr Dubey in a pale voice.

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