Unmarried mother throws newborn from height, booked for murder
New Delhi (PTI): A 20-year-old woman on Monday threw her newborn from the window of her washroom in east Delhi's New Ashok Vihar, police said.
The woman, unmarried, allegedly killed the baby to escape the stigma. She delivered the baby on Monday, they said.
The woman who works in Noida in the private sector threw the baby from a height in Jai Ambey Apartments, police said.
When the locals found the baby lying on the road, they took him to Metro hospital Noida, from where he was shifted to LBS Hospital where he was declared brought dead, a senior police officer said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Amrutha Guguloth said police checked several houses in the vicinity of the spot where the baby was found, and questioned the locals to find the culprit.
During their investigation, police found several traces of blood in one of the houses and when the resident of the house was interrogated, she broke down and admitted giving birth to a baby boy and throwing him from her washroom's window.
"She said that she was unmarried and fearing social stigma, she tried to get rid of the baby," the DCP said.
A crime team inspected the spot and collected evidence for further probe.
The accused was taken to a hospital for an internal medical examination, police said.
"We have registered a case under section 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of the Indian Penal Code and the accused woman is presently in the hospital and is under observation," the DCP said.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
