Wardha: Newborn Baby Found Abandoned at Sewagram Railway Station, Rescued by RPF

A newborn baby was found abandoned at the Sewagram station in Maharashtra's Wardha district. The infant was rescued by the Railway Protection Force (RPF), said a release by the Public Relations Department of Central Railway's Nagpur division. 

RPF constables Mustaq Sheikh and Yogesh Lekurwale heard cries of a baby while patrolling platform number 1 of the station on July 7. They discovered a four-to-five-day-old baby wrapped in cloth under a bench. When the RPF cops could not locate the parents or any guardian of the infant, they alerted their superiors, the release said.

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Soon, representatives from Childline Wardha and a few locals arrived at the station and took the baby to a government hospital for a health check-up. Subsequently, Childline Wardha officials took custody of the newborn for further care, the release added.