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In a shocking incident, a baby&nbsp;girl, hours after her birth, was left to die in a public toilet, allegedly by her mother in Mumbai's Kanjurmarg suburb,&nbsp;police said on Monday.
However, the day-old infant received prompt medical&nbsp;aid and has been now kept in a child care centre, they said.
On the morning of June 9, a woman, who went to the&nbsp;toilet, spotted the baby, whose face was in the toilet hole,&nbsp;crying, police said.&nbsp;The woman pulled the baby from the toilet and alerted&nbsp;her own family and police control room.
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Police rushed to the spot and saw the baby in the&nbsp;hands of the woman, a police official said. The baby, who needed urgent medical treatment, was&nbsp;taken to a civic hospital, he said.
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"After her health improved, we took the baby to Vatsalya Trust, where she could get proper care," Senior&nbsp;Police Inspector Ajinath Satpute told a new agency. Decisions about her&nbsp;welfare will be taken by Child Welfare Committee, he said.
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Police are yet to trace and identify the newborn's mother.&nbsp;However, it has registered an offence against her&nbsp;under section 315 of IPC (an act done with intent to prevent&nbsp;child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth) and&nbsp;section 317 of IPC (exposure and abandonment of child under&nbsp;twelve years, by parent or person having care of it), the&nbsp;official said.

In a shocking incident, a baby girl, hours after her birth, was left to die in a public toilet, allegedly by her mother in Mumbai's Kanjurmarg suburb, police said on Monday

Mumbai shocker! Newborn girl left to die in toilet by mom at Kanjurmarg

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In a shocking incident, a baby girl, hours after her birth, was left to die in a public toilet, allegedly by her mother in Mumbai's Kanjurmarg suburb, police said on Monday

Mumbai shocker! Newborn girl left to die in toilet by mom at Kanjurmarg

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