Body of 5-month-old boy found near nullah in ThanePassersby spotted the infant's body near a nullah carrying wastewater in the Waghoba Nagar area of Kalwa on Sunday morning and alerted the local police, an official said.
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Thane: The body of a five-month-old baby boy was found near a nullah in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Tuesday.
Passersby spotted the infant's body near a nullah carrying wastewater in the Waghoba Nagar area of Kalwa on Sunday morning and alerted the local police, an official said.
He said the body was sent for post-mortem to a government hospital, and a probe has been initiated.
The police have registered a case against unidentified persons under section 94 (concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita.