WARNING: UPSETTING CONTENT The mum allegedly tried to keep the baby’s birth a secret and hid her in the closet, where her 13-year-old son kept the malnourished girl alive by feeding her scraps

A Russian mum is accused of letting her baby starve 

A tiny baby is fighting for her life after being found in an emaciated state inside her mum’s wardrobe.

The child, named Katya, was living off water and random scraps of food fed to her by her 13-year-old brother after her mother allegedly tried to keep her birth a secret, reports in Russia claim.

She is said to have been found during a birthday party by a friend of the 37-year-old mother, who “heard a muted cry”.

The mum kept the birth of her third child secret, according to reports.

She put the baby girl in a duffle sport bag inside a wardrobe in an empty room in her flat.

Her mum had “hoped that the baby would pass away from starvation” after she was born in April, reported online news outlet Krasnoturyinsk Live, which revealed the horrifying case.