A woman, along with a man, has been charged for allegedly disposing of the body of her newborn child into Bandra Creek in the western part of Mumbai, as reported by a police official on Thursday.
The 34-year-old woman had been residing with several other women in the Worli Koliwada area in central Mumbai. She concealed her pregnancy by informing everyone that she had a couple of tumors in her stomach, according to the official.
As per the FIR, she went into the bathroom of the place where she stayed around 9pm on Monday and came out with a bag after three hours, and told others the tumours had burst in her stomach, he said.
She refused to go to a hospital and the next day threw the body of the newborn into Bandra creek at the suggestion of the male manager of the place where she was working, the official said.
A police probe zeroed in on the woman on Tuesday, after which she was charged under section 318 of the Indian Penal Code for concealment of birth of child by disposing of the body secretly, the official informed.