Body of newborn found abandoned in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The body of a two-week-old baby boy was found abandoned in the Banjara Hills area by two men who noticed dogs sniffing around it on Saturday night.

According to the inspector of Banjara Hills, N Kalinga Rao, the infant on the roadside by unidentified persons. “We got a call from two men who noticed street dogs sniffing at the infant’s body on the road here in Banjara Hills. A patrol team was sent to the spot,” he said.

The body was shifted for postmortem examination and a case was booked under section 317 (Exposure and abandonment of a child under 12 years, by parent or person having care of it) of the IPC and an investigation was taken up.

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