Nagpur: In a chilling act, a newborn baby was thrown into a nullah in Wathoda police area by some unidentified person allegedly to hide affair and unwanted pregnancy.
The cruel act came to light when the body of the infant was found floating in the nullah water situated opposite PM Awas Yojana colony around 5 pm on Monday. After a preliminary probe, the body of the infant was sent to post-mortem to a government hospital.
Wathoda police constable Chilkulwar, based on a complaint lodged by Shubhang Rajesh Deshmukh (36), resident of Plot No. 44, Gurukrupa Nagar, booked the unidentified accused under Section 318 of the IPC and mounted a search for the accused person.