A newborn baby was abandoned in a garbage bin by an unidentified person in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Sunday.
A passerby found the baby in the garbage bin in the Lonipada area of Dahanu town on Friday and alerted the police, an official said.
The infant was rushed to a hospital where it is under the care of the lady police constables, he said.
The police have registered an offence under section 317 (exposure and abandonment of child under 12 years) of the Indian Penal Code and a probe is underway, the official said.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
Maharashtra Exit Polls: 3 Of 9 Pollsters Predict Hung House
Gurugram Woman Abandons Newborn Daughter In Hospital, Case Filed: Cops Skeletons Of Elderly Couple, 35-Year-Old Daughter Found In Maharashtra Home Maharashtra Woman Kills Child, Self After Husband Refuses To Take Her Out Russia's Firing Of ICBM On Ukraine Is Weapon's 1st Combat Use In History Amazon Employee Greets Friend At Wedding, Dies Of Cardiac Arrest This Asian City Is Emerging As Sex Tourism Hub. It's Not Where You Think Trump Pick Matt Gaetz Withdraws As Nominee For US Attorney General Maharashtra Chief Minister Pick Contentious For Both Ruling, Opposition Camps India Blocks 17,000 WhatsApp Accounts Of Hackers From South-East Asia Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.