A daunting task of finding the biological father of a newborn boy lies ahead of officials from Santacruz police station after a 17-year-old girl, a rape victim, breathed her last at the KEM Hospital in the wee hours of Sunday without revealing the father’s identity.

“Based on her mother’s statement, we have booked the unidentified accused under various Sections of the IPC, including 376, as well as Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), 2012. We have detained 10 youths so far. We have no option, but to subject all the suspects to DNA test until we find the baby’s biological father because the mother passed away before revealing his identity,” said a senior officer from Santacruz police station.