Alappuzha: A newborn baby was found abandoned near Mulakuzha in Chengannur. The baby, only hours after birth, was found abandoned in a bucket. This is the child of a young woman who had been quarreling with her husband for a long time.
Police found the child in the bathroom of a rented house in Aranmula. The woman, who came for treatment with excessive bleeding, said that she gave birth to the baby at home and left it at home as it died. The hospital officials immediately informed the police.
After hearing the child’s cry from the bathroom, police opened it and found it abandoned in a bucket. The boy weighing only 1 kg 300 grams was immediately taken to a private hospital in Chengannur and treated. Aranmula police reported to the Pathanamthitta Child Welfare Committee to protect the child.
With the help of Tanal volunteers, the child was shifted to Kottayam Medical College for further care and treatment. A case has been registered against the woman under the Juvenile Justice Act and the Indian Penal Code for abandoning the newborn child.
Aranmula Police Inspector C K Manoj, SI Aloysius, Harindran, ASI Jayakumar, SCPO Salim, CPO Faisal, Manu Chengannur Police Station Inspector Vipin, SI Abhilash Ajit Khan, and Harish Jijo Sam took the child to the hospital with timely intervention and rescued the child.
