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Chennai:10-day old baby girl found in running train

Infant was found abandoned under the seats on Tirupati to Chennai passenger electric train.

Chennai: A girl baby, around 10 days old, was found abandoned in a Chennai bound passenger train on Saturday evening. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) policemen said that commuters travelling in the fourth compartment of a Tirupati – Chennai passenger electric train found a baby crying around 5.20pm. The baby was left under a row of seats. Passengers alerted the police control room; in turn, they alerted RPF police on duty at the Chennai MMC suburban railway station.

The child was fed and given first aid by a medical centre in Chennai Central railway. The child was then handed over to Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Egmore for further treatment and care, RPF personnel said. RPF are searching for clues about the persons who abandoned the child.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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