Gujarat high court moved for proper probe into newborn’s killing by dog

AHMEDABAD: A lawyer moved the Gujarat high court against the closure of a case in which a dog killed a newborn taken from a Godhra nursing home in April. He complained that police did not follow the investigation procedure laid down for a death caused by an animal.
An advocate, Kirtikumar Bhatt, on Thursday filed a petition and taking exception to the closure report filed by the Panchmahal police in an FIR lodged on April 5 with regard to the death of an infant at a nursing home in Godhra.
On April 1, Tara Baria gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. After midnight, a dog dragged away the boy and disappeared. The body of the newborn was never recovered. CCTV footage showed the child being taken away by the dog. Four days later, an FIR was registered and police reportedly filed a closure report terming the incident an accidental death.