Ahmedabad: Newborn girl abandoned near ashram in Raipur

AHMEDABAD: In just two months, another newborn girl has been found abandoned at the gates of the Mahipatram Roopram Ashram, in the Raipur area of the city. The three-day-old girl was dressed in a pink top and swaddled in a cloth. Kagdapith police registered an offence under Section 317 of the IPC for abandoning a child.
Inspector M A Singh of Kagdapith police station said they are gathering CCTV footage from cameras installed near the ashram to identify who had abandoned the baby there.
According to the complaint lodged by Anita Parmar, 50, who has been the gruh mata (matron) at the ashram for 28 years, at about 9am on Tuesday, while she was at the ashram, a few people called her and told her that someone had left a baby girl, about three days old, in a cradle outside the ashram.
“Parmar looked around but could not find anyone who could have helped with information about who had abandoned the baby,” added Singh.
The FIR states that according to the rules of the ashram, they had the baby admitted at a hospital in Vasna. The girl is healthy and is now fine. “The baby had a pink top on and was wrapped in a multicoloured cloth. There is no sign of any injury to the child,” Singh said.
He added that Parmar said this is the second case of a baby being abandoned near the ashram in the last two months.