Telangana: Newborn girl's body found in garbage bin in Vikarabad

Police said the baby could be a week old. A murder case was registered and the body of the child sent for post-mortem to a hospital.

Update: 2017-04-28 20:04 GMT
The body of the newborn girl which was found in a garbage bin in Vikarabad district on Friday. (Photo: DC)

Hyderabad: The body of a newborn girl was found abandoned in a garbage bin in Vikarabad district. Police said that on Friday morning when sanitary workers came to remove garbage from one of the bins in Vaddera Basthi they found a cloth pack. They tried to move it aside but it was heavy and they could not move it.  Suspecting something wrong, they opened the pack and found a baby wrapped in cloth and informed revenue staff, who in turn alerted the police.

Police said the baby could be a week old. A murder case was registered and the body was sent for autopsy. Police said they have started checking medical records at hospitals in surrounding areas for clues.

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