Dumped in cloth sack, newborn girl rescued in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: A newborn girl was found in a cloth cradle hanging from a tree in a field in Amber Kheda locality under Maal police station on Thursday morning.
Around 9am, constable Mukesh Malik, home guard Rakesh Tiwari and driver Shashi Verma on board a UP-100 vehicle heard a baby cry. Following the sound, they approached the tree where they found the baby girl.The infant was wrapped in a multi-coloured cloth and shivering with cold.
They rushed her to the community health centre in Maal.
SP rural Vikrant Vir said doctors declared her fit. She was then sent to Maal police station and Childline was informed. "Since it was a field, there were no CCTV cameras in the area. We are making efforts to trace who left the baby," he added.
Child welfare committee (CWC) member Sangeeta Sharma told TOI that the baby seems to be two-day old and was later admitted to Jhalkari Bai Child hospital for further examination.
She was declared disease-free and taken to an adoption centre, she added.
This is the third incident in the past 16 days where a newborn baby has been found abandoned.
On January 29, a 10-day-old girl was found abandoned near Sachivayala Colony in Mahanagar. On February 6, a newborn boy was found inside a municipal garbage container in Butler Palace Colony.