Mumbai: A male infant, about a day old, was found wrapped in an old shirt inside a plastic carrybag behind a public toilet near Jarimari Temple on Andheri-Kurla Road in Sakinaka on Saturday. Sakinaka police registered an FIR against the newborn’s unidentified parents or other relatives under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 93, which covers exposure and abandonment of a child aged under 12 years by a parent or carer.Police sub-inspector Namdev Gotpagar, who was on night patrol with three personnel, received a Western Control Room alert at 6.56 am after a caller reported seeing a newborn in the area. “The team is gathering details from the locals and the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras from the locality to identify the person who dumped the newborn. A local who had gone to the public toilet alerted the police control and the team rescued the infant found behind the toilet,” said a Sakinaka police station officer.Gotpagar and his team reached the spot, where beat officer sub-inspector Mahajan was also present. They heard the infant crying and found him alive inside the bag. “Gotpagar informed night-duty supervisor inspector Nitin Patil and sub-inspector Sachin Ugale. On Patil’s instructions, police took the infant to Sant Mukabai Govt Hospital in Barve Nagar, Ghatkopar West,” said the police.Doctors provided first aid and admitted the child for further treatment and care. The infant was handed over to Dr Sushmita and Dr Pallavi. Woman police constable Shilpa Rathod and police naik Digambar Sapkale were assigned to care for him.
