Palghar crime: Newborn baby found abandoned in garbage bin in Dahanu

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Palghar crime: A newborn baby was allegedly abandoned in a garbage bin by an unidentified person in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Sunday, according to the PTI.

The PTI reported, A passerby found the baby in the garbage bin in the Lonipada area of Dahanu town on Friday and alerted the police, an official said.

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The infant was rushed to a hospital where it is under the care of the lady police constables, he said.

The police have registered an offence under section 317 (exposure and abandonment of child under 12 years) of the Indian Penal Code and a probe is underway, the official said.

Meanwhile, in an another incident in June this year, a newborn baby weighing around 1.4 kg was found abandoned in a garbage bin near Powai in Mumbai on Monday, June 12.

An alert citizen, who noticed the baby, alerted the Powai police. The baby was rushed to the civic-run Rajawadi hospital in Ghatkopar for medical treatment.

According to the official, the baby was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.

The Powai police is further investigating the matter, stated the BMC release.

"When the police brought the infant to the hospital, he was shivering with cold. His body temperature had also dropped due to the cold. However, the infant was given timely and appropriate treatment under the guidance of the hospital's Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) experts. Also adequate care was taken to ensure that the infant does not get any infection," said the BMC official.

Recoverying in the hospital, the baby presently weighing 2.2 kg, is being fed milk through Simyl MCT and Human Milk Bank.

The Human Milk Bank at Rajawadi Hospital is the first ever human milk bank in a municipal suburban hospital.

According to the officials, Archana Pawar, a female police constable of the Powai Police Nirbhaya Squad, is continuously stationed at the hospital and is taking care of the baby.

Rajawadi hospital authority has provided information on the incident of finding the baby to the concerned police station and based on that the police administration is conducting further investigation.

(with PTI inputs)