Newborn found dead near Nallah in Budgam

Police registered a case after an abandoned newborn baby was found dead in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.

Local sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that locals found a dead body of an abandoned newborn baby near Habbar Nallah in Khag area after which police were informed that registered a case under relevant sections of law.

Local sources added that prima facie it seems the baby had been abandoned after the birth.

Police sources said that a postmortem of the baby will be conducted to ascertain the cause of death. [KNT]

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