Abandoned baby survived with female cop’s breastfeeding dies
Bengaluru, June 17: An abandoned baby boy survived after a female cop breastfed it, died at Indira Gandhi Pediatric hospital at Jayanagar here on Sunday.
Hospital sources said that the baby succumbed to the head injury and umbilical cord infection. Authorities of child care centre on Hosur road in the city informed the Electronic City police about the death of the child.
The newborn baby, might be a few hours old, which was dumped in a rubble near a construction site, was rescued by the Electronic City police. Later, a female cop DS Archana, attached to the police station, breastfed the baby and nurtured it. On Sunday, Archana was asked to go to hospital and verify the situation. But when she had been to the hospital, she found that the baby boy succumbed to the injury and infection.
When she was informed about the death of the child, Archana was grief stricken and crying. After the child was handed over to the child care centre, the child was suffering with serious health problems. So, the baby was admitted to the hospital for treatment.
Archana, a mother of five-month-old child, got appreciation from Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Police Commissioner and general public for protecting the baby which was found near the construction site on June 1. After saving the baby, she got the treatment to the baby in a nearby hospital. Electronic City police booked a case in this regard.
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RCB beat MI by 18 runs after batters fire
Mumbai (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as the defending champions beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
Salt (78 off 36 balls) and Kohli (50 off 38 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand for the opening wicket before Patidar scored a rapid 53 off just 20 balls as RCB posted 240 for 4.
In response, Mumbai Indians were restricted to 222 for 5, with RCB spinner Suyash Sharma (2/47) putting the skids on the home side with a double strike in the eighth over, from which they could not recover.
Sherfane Rutherford top-scored for MI with an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
While opener Rohit Sharma appeared to be struggling with a hamstring issue and had to retire hurt on 19, his partner Ryan Rickelton made 37, while Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Hardik Pandya (40) were the other contributors for MI.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 78, Virat Kohli 50, Rajat Patidar 53, Tim David 35 not out).
Mumbai Indians: 222 for 5 in 20 overs (Sherfane Rutherford 71 not out, Ryan Rickelton 37, Hardik Pandya 40; Suyash Sharma 2/47).
