Infant found in garbage container in posh colony
TNN | Feb 6, 2019, 07:20 IST
The baby is under observation in the hospital and will be handed over to a shelter home.LUCKNOW: A newborn boy was found abandoned inside a municipal garbage container in posh Butler Palace Colony under Hazratganj police station on Tuesday morning.
The garbage dump the infant was dumped in carried all kinds of waste and was surrounded by dogs which were trying to attack it, said eyewitnesses.
According to the police, around 6.30am, residents of the colony heard an infant crying during their morning walk. They found the baby in the dustbin and informed the police.
Constable Ravi Kumar and homeguard Prem Kumar reached the scene and rescued the newborn boy shivering in the cold. They wrapped him in a sheet and rushed him to Jhalkari Bai hospital where the infant is under observation for the next 36 hours.
ASP east Ashtbhuja Prasad Singh said the baby is likely to be a day old and is currently safe.
"We have informed Childline and once doctors declare the baby fit, he will be allowed to be sent to the shelter," he added.
Meanwhile, police are scanning CCTV footage of the area to trace who left the baby in the bin.
This is the second incident in a week where a newborn baby has been found abandoned. On January 29, a 10-day-old girl was found abandoned near Sachivalaya Colony in Mahanagar.
The garbage dump the infant was dumped in carried all kinds of waste and was surrounded by dogs which were trying to attack it, said eyewitnesses.
According to the police, around 6.30am, residents of the colony heard an infant crying during their morning walk. They found the baby in the dustbin and informed the police.
Constable Ravi Kumar and homeguard Prem Kumar reached the scene and rescued the newborn boy shivering in the cold. They wrapped him in a sheet and rushed him to Jhalkari Bai hospital where the infant is under observation for the next 36 hours.
ASP east Ashtbhuja Prasad Singh said the baby is likely to be a day old and is currently safe.
"We have informed Childline and once doctors declare the baby fit, he will be allowed to be sent to the shelter," he added.
Meanwhile, police are scanning CCTV footage of the area to trace who left the baby in the bin.
This is the second incident in a week where a newborn baby has been found abandoned. On January 29, a 10-day-old girl was found abandoned near Sachivalaya Colony in Mahanagar.
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