A SEVERELY disabled baby boy at the centre of a right to life battle which tore his parents apart is to be allowed to die in peace.

The father of tragic “right to life” baby RB today withdrew his opposition to a British High Court plea by doctors and the little boy’s mother for permission to switch off his life support.

A FRESH medical assessment is to be carried out on a baby boy at the centre of a “right-to-life” legal dispute to decide whether a simple surgical operation could improve his prospects, a British high court judge heard yesterday.

An elderly couple in southern India were burned to death on a pyre by a local mob who believed the two were witches, police said today.