The incident occurred around 6:30 AM on Tuesday on the Pathri-Selu Road and came to light after an alert citizen noticed something being thrown out of the bus wrapped in cloth, an official stated
The couple said they dumped the newborn as they were unable to raise the child, he said, adding that the baby died after being thrown on the road. Representational Pic
A 19-year-old woman gave birth to a baby on board a moving sleeper coach bus in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, but she and a man claiming to be her husband allegedly threw the newborn out of the window, resulting in the child's death, police said.
The incident occurred around 6:30 AM on Tuesday on the Pathri-Selu Road and came to light after an alert citizen noticed something being thrown out of the bus wrapped in cloth, an official stated, reported news agency PTI.
The woman, identified as Ritika Dhere, was travelling to Parbhani from Pune with Altaf Shaikh, who claimed to be her husband, in a sleeper coach bus operated by Sant Prayag Travels.
During the journey, Dhere, who was pregnant, went into labour and gave birth to a baby boy. However, the couple allegedly wrapped the newborn in a piece of cloth and threw him out of the moving vehicle, the official added, according to PTI.
The driver of the sleeper bus, which had upper and lower berth compartments, noticed something being thrown out of a window. When he questioned the couple, Shaikh told him that his wife had vomited due to nausea from the journey, the official said.
"Meanwhile, when an alert citizen on the road checked what was thrown out of the bus window, he was shocked to find that it was a baby boy. He immediately alerted the police by calling their 112 helpline," he said, reported PTI.
A team of the local police on patrolling duty subsequently intercepted the bus. After inspecting the vehicle and conducting a preliminary probe, they took the woman and Shaikh into custody, the official said.
The couple said they dumped the newborn as they were unable to raise the child, he said, adding that the baby died after being thrown on the road.
According to the police, Dhere and Shaikh both hailed from Parbhani and were staying in Pune for the last one-and-a-half years. They claimed to be husband and wife but failed to produce any documents to support the claim, the official said.
"After taking them into custody, the police rushed the woman to a hospital for treatment," he said.
A case was registered against the couple at Pathri police station in Parbhani under section 94 (3), (5) of BNS (concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body), he said, as per PTI.
A notice has been served to the accused persons, and further probe in the case was underway, he said.
(With PTI inputs)
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