The woman handed the baby over to two passengers on the pretext of helping her alight the train. However, instead of getting down herself, she remained at the train door, pretending to collect her baggage. As the train began to move, she stayed on board
Upon examining CCTV footage from various stations, the police discovered that the woman had alighted at Khandeshwar railway station. Representational pic
A woman reportedly abandoned her 15-day-old baby on a local train in Navi Mumbai on Monday afternoon. She handed the infant to two unsuspecting fellow passengers, asking for their help to alight, but then travelled onward while they were left holding the child, police informed on Wednesday. Efforts are now underway to trace her.
According to PTI, the incident unfolded on a suburban Harbour line train. The woman, sitting near the door, asked two other female passengers for assistance, claiming she had an infant in one hand and baggage in the other. These passengers, who were initially planning to alight at Juinagar railway station, decided to extend their journey to the next stop, Seawoods station, just to help her.
At Seawoods, the two helpful passengers stepped off first, and the woman handed the baby over to them. However, instead of getting down herself, she remained at the train door, pretending to collect her baggage. As the train began to move, she stayed on board.
The two passengers, who were now holding the baby, initially believed the woman had mistakenly not alighted and would return from the next station by a train travelling in the opposite direction. However, she never came back, according to PTI.
Following the incident both the passengers then went to the police with the baby and recounted the incident. They were taken to the Vashi railway police, who immediately launched a search for the woman.
According to PTI, a case has since been registered against the woman under Section 93 (exposure and abandonment of a child under 12 years of age) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), an official reported.
Upon examining CCTV footage from various stations, the police discovered that the woman had alighted at Khandeshwar railway station, five stops beyond Seawoods. Investigations to locate her are ongoing.
This incident follows another abandonment case in Navi Mumbai just last week. Panvel Town police found a three-day-old child abandoned in a basket on a road in Takka Colony. Where a note was left with the infant by her parents as it stated their inability to raise the baby due to their dire financial situation, they had to abandoned the baby.
However the Navi Mumbai police's crime branch tracked down and detained the infant's father, a resident of Bhiwandi in Thane, within 24 hours. Investigations in that case suggested the baby was born to an unwed mother, and the parents had decided to leave her at an orphanage in Panvel.
(With inputs from PTI)
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