While the ladies throughout Chhattisgarh was performing ‘Halshashti Vrat’ or ‘Kamarchhat’ on Monday seeking divine blessings for the well being of their children, there was also a mother who threw her infant child in to the mound of wastes to die in harness but thanks to a kind heart housewife who rescued the infant.
Meanwhile, the police have admitted the infant to the district hospital where her condition is stated to be critical. According to police sources, on Sunday evening a house wife of Gangrel Irrigation Colony had gone to throw daily waste of her house in to the waste-bin kept nearby.
She heard the cries of infant emanating from the waste-bin. She called other ladies preparing for ‘Kamarchhat’ in the neighbourhood. A large number of people gathered at the spot within moment as the news of infant having been thrown in to waste bin spread in the entire area like a wildfire. On simple search, the infant was found among the wastes wrapped in hay.
Rudri police was informed about the incident which after reaching the spot rushed the infant to district hospital for quick medicare as her condition was critical. Doctors attending on the infant, Dr Chetan Daheriya and Dr Rakesh Soni, informed that the infant is a seven month old girl child. Her condition was critical as due to trouble in taking breath her colour has changed to blue and she is still struggling for life. According to sources, this was not the lone case of throwing infants to die. At least four bodies of infants have been found in different areas of Dhamtari within past some time.