A seven-month-old foetus has been found dumped in a garbage bin in Mumbai, reported news agency PTI on Tuesday, December 31. A passer-by spotted the foetus on Monday afternoon in the garbage bin of the Ashtavinayak Society building in Charkop area.
After being alerted, police reached the spot and sent the foetus to a hospital for post-mortem, a Charkop police official said.
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"We are investigating if there is any evidence of concealing the death of a newborn baby and disposing of the body. We are collecting details of pregnant women in the locality as well as those who recently delivered babies," the official said. The post-mortem report is awaited, based on which a case will be registered, the police added.