Women cops rescue newborn left to die near forested stretch

Nagpur: Left at a desolate place on the edge of a forested stretch, a newborn girl child was rescued and rushed to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) by three women cops of Koradi police station. The naked baby, with ants on it’s body, was found in the early hours of Tuesday at Dolas Layout behind Koradi thermal power station colony.
A morning walker, attracted by a baby’s cry from a desolate place, rushed to Koradi police station to alert the cops. A team of Koradi police, including assistant sub-inspector Shobha Jadhav and woman naik police constable Mamta Nakke rushed to the place as guided by the morning walker. The girl was taken to GMCH by Nakke and her colleague constable Arti Jhunghare.
The women cops purchased diapers for the baby, some clothes and also bought her powdered milk. “As she crying out of hunger, I had to request for some powder milk from other women at the hospital ward and feed the baby,” said Nakke. She said the doctors have kept the girl under observation for next 48 hours. “It seems the baby was left a few hours before we found her,” said Nakke.
Nakke added the baby was cold, smeared with blood and body fluids, and being bitten by ants. “We immediately arranged for a towel from neighbouring families to clean the baby and remove the ants,” said Nakke. “I wrapped the baby in the towel and held it close to myself for warmth. The baby was crying. We were trying to console it and also make it feel secure with our touch and voices,” said Nakke.
Zonal DCP Neelotpal, after receiving information, had directed senior inspector Krushna Shinde of Koradi police station to rush the baby to GMCH. “We will register an offence for abandoning the baby and later seek permission of the court to decide further course of action. Our women cops would be beside the baby at the hospital for the time being,” he said.