Mumbai: Body of Newborn Baby Found in Sion Hospital Dustbin; Case Registered
The doctors sent the body for post-mortem and alerted the police. A case has been registered under Indian Penal Code section 317 (exposure and abandonment of infants) against an unidentified woman, said the official from Sion police station.
Mumbai, December 9: The Mumbai police have registered a case after the body of a newborn baby was found inside a dustbin on the premises of a civic-run hospital, an official said on Saturday. According to the police official, a sweeper at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, popular as Sion hospital, discovered the body of a newborn baby inside a dustbin of a washroom. He informed the on-duty doctors about the discovery.
The doctors sent the body for post-mortem and alerted the police. A case has been registered under Indian Penal Code section 317 (exposure and abandonment of infants) against an unidentified woman, said the official from Sion police station. Mumbai Shocker: Half-Burnt Body of Woman Recovered From Wadala, Probe Launched.
The police are going through the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the hospital to get more leads, he added.