Ahmedabad: A newborn boy was found packed in a black plastic bag in an open field near Ujala Circle in Sarkhej on Saturday evening. The baby was declared dead by 108 ambulance personnel. Sarkhej police on Sunday registered the complaint filed by a daily wager who lives nearby, and are trying to trace the person who abandoned the baby.The bag with the baby was found around 6pm on Saturday by children of the 36-year-old daily wager who lives in the shanties close to Aarambh Flat nearby. The children alerted their parents, who went to the spot and found the newborn wrapped in a pair of chequered Bermuda shorts inside the bag. The man immediately called police and the 108 ambulance service.Medics declared the baby dead at 6.40pm, according to the complaint.The complainant told police that the baby appeared to have been abandoned shortly after birth. The exact time and circumstances of the abandonment remain unclear and are being probed.
