A decomposed body of a newborn baby was found in Sector 56 here on Tuesday afternoon.
The body was found wrapped in a paper near the Dussehra ground in Sector 56. A case has been registered at Police Station-Sector 39 here under Section 318 (Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) against unidentified accused.
SHO Amanjot Singh, Police Station, Sector 39 said that the body of newborn baby is decomposed and we cannot identify whether the baby is a boy or a girl.
A case under Section 318 has been registered against unidentified accused in the matter and investigation is on, he said.
The postmortem of the baby would be conducted on Thursday, the SHO said.
Only a week back, two newborn girls were found dead at two different places in the city. In the first incident, a new born girl was found dead in a gutter in Sector 56 here while another baby girl was found dead at a garbage dump in Sector 33.
Cases were registered in both incidents at respective police stations in the city under Section 318 against unidentified accused.