Abuse towards a person is a punishable offense. But to commit such a heinous crime towards a newborn baby is the worst of all.
On Sunday night, while passing through Nutan Nagar, when Aman, a Mumbai resident heard the sound of a baby crying. He went over in the direction of the sound and found a three to five-day-old girl wrapped in a blanket in the passenger seat of an autorickshaw.
Mr. Aman took a picture of the baby and tweeted (@Jugadu_banda): “Found this 3 to 5-year-old kid in closed auto. Please help me, guys. I’ve no idea what to do? #help (sic).” He later clarified the baby’s age that she is three to five days old.
The tweet received scores of replies and one of the responders tagged the Mumbai Police’s official handle. “We asked Mr. Aman to send in his contact details. He later told us that he had managed to get through to the Kanjurmarg police, and was on his way there,” said an officer with the Mumbai Police’s Web Cell.
The Kanjurmag police took the girl to Sion Hospital. Mr. Aman tweeted on Monday that he had been to the hospital and that the baby was in good health.
Kanjurmarg police registered an offense under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 317 (exposure and abandonment of child under 12 years, by parent or person having a care of it) and are looking out for her parents.
Police stated that autos regularly park on the road and the accused may have sensed an opportunity to abandon the child, found on the passengers’ seat. CCTV footage from the area is being scanned.
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