Andhra Pradesh: Newborn found dead inside dumpyard

TNN | Updated: Apr 8, 2020, 07:53 IST

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VIJAYAWADA: In a shocking incident, a newborn baby girl was found dumped inside a dumpyard at Dodleru village of Krosuru mandal in Guntur district on Tuesday. According to Krosuru police, the incident came to light in the morning when a passerby found the baby inside the dumpyard and informed them.
Police reached the spot and examined the scene and found that the baby might have been born within the last two days. They shifted the body to a local government hospital for post-mortem. Meanwhile, they began verifying records of births in the nearby hospitals to ascertain the details of parents of the baby girl.
Apart from that, they are also looking into local CCTV footage heading towards the dumpyard’s direction to see if anyone was carrying the baby. A case under section 174 of CrPC (suspicious death) was registered in this regard at Krosuru police station.