Pune: Woman leaves baby at travel operator’s Alandi office

PUNE: A complaint has been filed against an unknown woman after she abandoned a seven-month-old baby girl at a private travel operator’s office on Thursday afternoon (July 15) in Alandi.
A woman from the travel operator’s office filed an FIR. “A woman came to travel operator’s office around 12.30pm on Thursday, carrying a baby with her. When the woman came in, she was trying to put the baby to sleep. Once the woman put the baby to sleep, she told an employee at the booking office to look after the baby and left saying she wanted to use a restroom,” an officer from the Alandi police told TOI.
The officer said, “The woman however did not return. After searching for her in the vicinity, the travel operator informed the police. The baby was sent to a care home.”
The police have registered a case under section 317 (exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it) of the Indian Penal Code.
In February this year, employees of a hotel found a two-day-old infant abandoned in some bushes in the old Katraj ghat section. Fortunately, the baby was noticed by people before stray dogs found it.