In tragic incident a month-old girl child was found dumped near a drain in Bhalaswa dairy area in National Capital.
The police suspect that the baby was either dumped because she was a girl or that she was born out of wedlock.
According to police, they have received a Police Control Room (PCR) call on Monday which said that a baby girl was lying near the drain.
"Acting on call soon the police informed Centralised Accident and Trauma
Services (CATS) ambulance staff who reached the spot and took the baby girl to Babu Jagjivan Ram hospital," said police official.
"One woman police was deployed in the hospital to take care of the baby and the other personnel posted in the police station also visited the baby at regular intervals to check on her.
The baby girl is doing fine and is discharged from the hospital. Child Welfare Committee is now taking care of the baby girl," said police official.
"The baby girl was spotted by the children playing in the area. We have investigated the spot. There are no CCTV cameras on the location area.
We suspect that she was dumped by someone from her family. We are trying to trace every evidence linked with case and we have registered a case under section 317 of the IPC, which pertains to exposure and abandonment of child under 12 years by parent or person having care of it, has been registered," said police official.