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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Dalit girl gang-raped in moving car in Mathura, accused on run
Mathura (PTI): A Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons here in a moving car, after which she was thrown out on the side of a road, police said on Friday.
An FIR has been lodged against the accused following a complaint from the minor's father and efforts are on to arrest the trio, they added.
Superintendent of Police (Rural) Trigun Bisen said the girl, who is around 13-year-old, has been sent to the district women's hospital for a medical examination, after which her statement will be recorded before the magistrate.
Citing the complaint lodged by the girl's father, the SP said the incident took place on Thursday when the the minor went to a shop in her neighbourhood to buy items for breakfast.
At the shop, a man named Neeraj allegedly gave her a bottle of water laced with sedatives. As soon as she drank the water, she started feeling dizzy and fainted, the complaint said.
Neeraj, his friend Shailendra and another associate then allegedly took her away in a car. They raped the girl in the moving car while she was in a semi-conscious state and threw her out under the flyover of Barsana Road before fleeing.
On regaining consciousness, the girl reached home and informed her parents about the incident, the complaint added.
According to the SP, while narrating her ordeal, the condition of the girl deteriorated and the family immediately took her to a doctor, who also confirmed that she was raped. Following this, her parents filed a complaint at the Chhata police station.
Bisen said that a case has been registered and the matter is being probed, adding that efforts are on to arrest the three accused persons.
