The body of a newborn child was found wrapped in a piece of cloth at Makatpur area near the Shanti Bhawan road under town police station in Giridih on Tuesday morning. Cops said they received information from passers-by about the baby around 6.30 am. A PCR (police control room) van took the baby to Government Sadar Hospital, Giridih, where doctors declared her brought dead.
Police said that the baby was born yesterday night and somebody dumped her in the bushes at Makatpur area. Cops said they are checking the records of government and private nursing homes of city to get the list of births of babies in the last two to three days to get some clues about the accused.
Police registered a case under Section 318 (concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) of IPC and started probe.