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  • Stray dog found eating newborn girl’s body in Haryana’s Ambala

    By PTI

    AMBALA: The body of a newborn girl was found in a drain here on Friday after people noticed a stray dog eating the mortal remains of the baby, police said.

    According to police, the infant’s umbilical cord was also attached to it, which indicated that she was thrown into the drain soon after birth.

    However, a post-mortem report is awaited to ascertain whether the baby was stillborn or she died after being thrown into the drain, police said.

    The matter came to the fore when some shopkeepers near a government college in Ambala Cantt noticed that a stray dog pulled the child’s body out of a drain, brought it to the road and started eating it, they said.

    They alerted local police and medical authorities.

    The police soon reached the spot and took the body into its custody and sent it to the civil hospital for post-mortem, they said.

    CCTV footage of the nearby shops close to the drain was being collected for investigation, police said.

    AMBALA: The body of a newborn girl was found in a drain here on Friday after people noticed a stray dog eating the mortal remains of the baby, police said.

    According to police, the infant’s umbilical cord was also attached to it, which indicated that she was thrown into the drain soon after birth.

    However, a post-mortem report is awaited to ascertain whether the baby was stillborn or she died after being thrown into the drain, police said.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The matter came to the fore when some shopkeepers near a government college in Ambala Cantt noticed that a stray dog pulled the child’s body out of a drain, brought it to the road and started eating it, they said.

    They alerted local police and medical authorities.

    The police soon reached the spot and took the body into its custody and sent it to the civil hospital for post-mortem, they said.

    CCTV footage of the nearby shops close to the drain was being collected for investigation, police said.

  • J’khand: 4-day-old baby dies after policeman steps on him during raids

    By IANS

    RANCHI: A four-day-old baby died during a police raid which was conducted to arrest his grandfather in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Wednesday after a policeman allegedly stepped on him.

    Chief Minister Hemant Soren has directed the police headquarters to probe the matter and initiate action.

    The incident took place in Kosogondodighi village of the district.

    According to sources, a team led by Sangam Pathak, in-charge of Deori police station, reached the house of one Bhushan Pandey to arrest him in the wee hours.

    When the family members did not open the door, the team forcibly entered inside and a policeman climbed on the bed where the infant was sleeping and allegedly crushed him to death.

    The police did not arrest Pandey after the incident and left the spot, said sources.

    The incident created an uproar among the villagers who are demanding that a murder case be registered against all the policemen present in the team. 

    RANCHI: A four-day-old baby died during a police raid which was conducted to arrest his grandfather in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Wednesday after a policeman allegedly stepped on him.

    Chief Minister Hemant Soren has directed the police headquarters to probe the matter and initiate action.

    The incident took place in Kosogondodighi village of the district.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    According to sources, a team led by Sangam Pathak, in-charge of Deori police station, reached the house of one Bhushan Pandey to arrest him in the wee hours.

    When the family members did not open the door, the team forcibly entered inside and a policeman climbed on the bed where the infant was sleeping and allegedly crushed him to death.

    The police did not arrest Pandey after the incident and left the spot, said sources.

    The incident created an uproar among the villagers who are demanding that a murder case be registered against all the policemen present in the team.
     

  • Baby born with eight limbs in UP hailed as ‘reincarnation of God’: Reports

    By Express News Service

    A baby was born with four legs and four arms in Uttar Pradesh on July 2. The child was delivered at the Shahabad Community Health Centre in Hardoi and has been hailed as a ‘reincarnation of God.’

    According to The Daily Star, Kareena, the mother rushed to the hospital after experiencing labour pain, gave birth to a child with extra four limbs protruding from the stomach. The baby weighs around 6.5lbs and miraculously,  both the mother-baby duo are doing well despite the medical rarity.

    After the townsfolk came to know about the news they flocked to the hospital to see the child first hand.

    The child, whose gender is yet to be revealed, quickly became a local celebrity for its unique appearance and extra limbs. Video footage showed the kid surrounded by fascinated residents as they took pictures of the child and their exposed organs, the report said.

    The child could be seen resting in a basket full of colourful sheets placed on the mother’s lap as she sat upright in a hospital bed.

    This isn’t the first time a baby in India has left crowds stunned. There have been earlier instances of similar cases.

  • Body of newborn girl found on roadside in Uttar Pradesh

    By PTI
    SHAHJAHANPUR: The body of a newborn was found on the roadside in Puvayan township here, police said on Tuesday.

    Villagers saw the body of a girl child near Nakkhasa village on the Shahjahanpur-Palia road on Monday with stray dogs scratching it, and informed the police, SP (Rural) Sanjeev Bajpai said.

    It appeared that the body was thrown on the roadside just after the birth, he said, adding that it has been sent for post-mortem examination.

    The matter is being investigated, the SP added.