10-day-old boy abandoned at child care centre

A 10-day-old boy was found abandoned in a cradle of Vatsalya Trust, a child care centre near Kanjurmarg police station on Sunday morning. This is the fourth case of abandoned baby in the city in the last two months.At 6.45am, the watchman heard a baby cry from the cradle kept outside the main gate of the trust building.

“Akshata Salvi, who was the nurse on night duty at the trust, picked the baby, who was wearing white and pink clothes and took him in. Also, found in the cradle were two empty milk plastic bottles and few clothes. The on-duty doctor found the baby to stable and healthy.” said Bharati Sawant, who works with the trust. “We have registered a case under section 317 (exposure andabandonment of child under 12 years by parents/person) under the Indian Penal Code. We have sent wireless message with the baby’s description to all police stations in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai and government and private hospitals to trace the mother,\” said Mahadeo Salunkhe, assistant police inspector of the Kanjurmarg police station.The other three casesJuly 16: An unidentified woman kept a six-month-old girl wrapped in cloth on a bench at Dadar station and asked a family sitting nearby to look after her baby for a few minutes as she wanted to visit the toilet. When the woman did not return for a long time the family realised that she had abandoned the baby.

The family handed over the baby to the Government Railway Police June 28: Two-month-old girl wrapped in a salwar was foundabandoned at Dadar station. The baby was sent to Bal Asha Trust in MahalaxmiJune 24: A three-day-old girl wrapped in cloth and kept in a basket was found abndoned in a gutter near the Sion-Mankhurd Highway. The Trombay police were informed about the abandoned baby and they rushed her to Sion Hospital for medical tretament.