The Ghatkopar police has launched a manhunt for the woman who abandoned an 18-week-old boy in a nullah on June 27. The baby was spotted by a local resident, who informed the police control room. An FIR has been filed against unknown people for abandoning the infant.

On June 27 evening, the police control room received a call around 6.30pm from a resident informing them that a newborn had been abandoned near a nullah around Hussaini Masjid, Ghatkopar (West). A mobile van immediately rushed to the spot. The caller, Subhash Adir, 49,  led the cops to the infant.