Kochi corporation conservancy workers found the child's body in a street in the posh Panampilly Nagar area around 8 am and alerted the police.
Published May 03, 2024 | 5:36 PM ⚊ Updated May 03, 2024 | 5:36 PM
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A 23-year-old woman delivered a baby in the bathroom of her apartment in the small hours of Friday, 3 May, and allegedly dumped the newborn on the street in Kochi.
Police said the woman had been taken into custody after being traced using the address on the Amazon delivery packet in which the child was wrapped and thrown.
Conservancy workers of Kochi Corporation found the body of the child along a street in posh Panampilly Nagar in Kochi around 8 am and alerted the police.
According to City Police Commissioner S Syamsundar, the woman has confessed that she gave birth to the child in her bathroom at around 5.30 am on Friday, and later threw the baby as she panicked.
It is said that the parents of the woman, with whom she was staying, were unaware of her pregnancy.
However, in this matter, the police suspect coercion or a rape element.
“We have shifted the survivor to the hospital to provide her proper medical attention… we understand that the parents are not aware of the pregnancy,” the police official said.
Further details regarding the child are awaited, he added.
The city police chief also said a case will be registered and arrests will be made soon.
Earlier, police interrogated the parents and the woman in connection with the incident.
In a shocking incident at #Kerala‘s #Ernakulam, the body of a newborn was discovered abandoned in the middle of a road by sanitation workers early this morning.
The incident has been reported from Vidya Nagar, Kochi in Ernakulam.
Authorities suspect foul play as CCTV footage…
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