<p>The police on Tuesday said that the body of a five-month-old baby boy was found near a nullah in<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/body-of-newborn-baby-found-near-garbage-in-thane-23523668" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"> Maharashtra's Thane city</a>, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>Passersby spotted the infant's body near a nullah carrying wastewater in the Waghoba Nagar area of Kalwa on Sunday morning and alerted the local police, an official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>He said the body was sent for post-mortem to a government hospital, and a probe has been initiated.</p>
<p>The police have registered a case against unidentified persons under section 94 (concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) of the <a href="https://mid-day.com/amp/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-unidentified-man-found-dead-with-severe-injuries-police-suspect-murder-23519732" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita</a>.</p>
<h2>Body of newborn baby found near garbage in Thane</h2>
<p>In a similar incident, the body of a newborn girl has been found near a pile of burning garbage in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Some locals spotted the body near the garbage pile at Barodi village in the Bhiwandi area at around 9 am on Sunday, an official from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/railway-personnel-find-woman-s-body-stuffed-in-suitcase-near-tracks-outside-mumbai-23520933" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Narpoli police station</a> said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>After being alerted, local police rushed to the spot and sent the body to a government hospital for post-mortem, the official said.</p>
<p>The police have registered a case against unidentified persons under section 94 (concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, he said.</p>
<p>A probe was on into the case, the police added.</p>
<h2>Woman strangled, body dumped on roadside in Thane district</h2>
<p>In another incident, unidentified persons strangled a woman and dumped her body on the roadside in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Saturday, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The woman, in her early to mid-30s, was found dead in the <a href="https://mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/body-of-man-found-at-marine-drive-cops-suspect-suicide-23502818" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thakurgaon area</a> of Bhiwandi on Friday, an official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>He said the deceased woman's identity is yet to be established.</p>
<p>After preliminary investigations revealed that the woman had died of strangulation, a case of murder was registered at Kongaon police station, he said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The official said the body has been sent for post-mortem, and efforts are underway to identify the victim.</p>
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