A women in Kerala abandoned her new born baby in a bucket, immediately after giving birth at home, and then reached hospital as she was bleeding on Tuesday.
The police have now rescued the baby, after the hospital authorities informed them.
According to the police, the women herself informed the hospital authorities about the condition in which she left the baby.
Chengannur police reached the house and saw that the baby was alive. The baby was inside a bucket in the bathroom.
Kerala | Police in Chengannur of Alappuzha district rescued a newborn abandoned by its mother in a bucket at her home. The woman reached the hospital after delivery at home and informed the hospital authorities that she left her newborn alive in a bucket in the bathroom of her… pic.twitter.com/ffGsQFFh4s— ANI (@ANI) April 4, 2023
The baby was abandoned in the bathroom of an apartment in Chengannur, in the Alappuzha district of Kerala.
A case was registered against the woman under JJ act and 317 of IPC which deals with abandonment of child. The case has been registered by Aranmula police under whose jurisdiction the case comes.
“A boy weighing only 1.3 kg who was found abandoned in a bucket was rushed to a private hospital in Chengannur for treatment,” the police said.
According to the police, Aranmula police reported the incident to Pathanamthitta Child Welfare Committee to protect the child.
For now, the child has been transferred to Kottayam Medical College for further care and treatment.
According to the police the mother of the child kept the pregnancy a secret, and woman’s mother knew about the child. The woman told the police that they thought the child was dead. The woman also has a 10-year-old elder son.
According to police the lady and her husband were staying separately true to some issues between them.
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