The Charkop police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old man who allegedly buried his nine-day-old infant behind a nursery in Kandivali. The buried infant was a girl. 

The police were alerted by one Dinesh Pashte (34), a signboard painter residing in Charkop. Pashte witnessed the couple burying the child on Tuesday. The incident happened at 10.40 am. He was waiting for a friend near a nursery close to the metro station when he observed the couple in the vacant space behind the nursery; the arrestee was spotted carrying a white bundle on his shoulder.