22 April,2025 09:59 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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The police on Tuesday said that the body of a five-month-old baby boy was found near a nullah in Maharashtra's Thane city, reported news agency PTI.
Passersby spotted the infant's body near a nullah carrying wastewater in the Waghoba Nagar area of Kalwa on Sunday morning and alerted the local police, an official said, reported PTI.
He said the body was sent for post-mortem to a government hospital, and a probe has been initiated.
The police have registered a case against unidentified persons under section 94 (concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita.
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In a similar incident, the body of a newborn girl has been found near a pile of burning garbage in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday, reported PTI.
Some locals spotted the body near the garbage pile at Barodi village in the Bhiwandi area at around 9 am on Sunday, an official from Narpoli police station said, reported PTI.
After being alerted, local police rushed to the spot and sent the body to a government hospital for post-mortem, the official said.
The police have registered a case against unidentified persons under section 94 (concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, he said.
A probe was on into the case, the police added.
In another incident, unidentified persons strangled a woman and dumped her body on the roadside in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Saturday, reported PTI.
The woman, in her early to mid-30s, was found dead in the Thakurgaon area of Bhiwandi on Friday, an official said, reported PTI.
He said the deceased woman's identity is yet to be established.
After preliminary investigations revealed that the woman had died of strangulation, a case of murder was registered at Kongaon police station, he said, reported PTI.
The official said the body has been sent for post-mortem, and efforts are underway to identify the victim.
(With inputs from PTI)
