In a grim case of female infanticide, the residents of Balaji Nagar in Bhosari, near Pune, discovered the body of a newborn female infant in a nullah on Monday morning. According to the hospital post-mortem report, the baby bore injury marks and died due to a brain hemorrhage.

The police cite the case as a clear-cut case of female infanticide. The baby was found wrapped in a piece of cloth by Baba Dhotre, a local resident, who on discovering the body, called up the police control room. The police took the baby’s body to Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial hospital for examination.