An appeal for help on Twitter by a youth after he found an infant abandoned in Kanjurmark on Sunday reached the police, and now a search is on for the culprit behind the act.
The man, who tweets using the handle, @Jugadu_banda, and identifies himself as Aman, is a Mumbai resident.
On Sunday night, while passing through Nutan Nagar, he 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: “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.
Search on for culprits
“We have registered an FIR of exposure and abandonment of child under 12 years, by parent or person having care of it, under the Indian Penal Code against unknown persons. The baby is fine, ” said Deputy Commissioner of Police Akhilesh Singh, Zone VII.
A message sent to Mr. Aman by The Hindu did not receive a response.