The baby was wrapped in Bermuda shorts and put in a plastic bag
The baby was declared dead by 108 ambulance personnel. The bag with the baby was found around 6pm on Saturday by children of the 36-year-old daily wager who lives in the shanties close to Aarambh Flat nearby. The man immediately called police and the 108 ambulance service.
The complainant told police that the baby appeared to have been abandoned shortly after birth. The children alerted their parents, who went to the spot and found the newborn wrapped in a pair of chequered Bermuda shorts inside the bag. The exact time and circumstances of the abandonment remain unclear and are being probed.
Ahmedabad: A newborn boy was found packed in a black plastic bag in an open field near Ujala Circle in Sarkhej on Saturday evening. Sarkhej police on Sunday registered the complaint filed by a daily wager who lives nearby, and are trying to trace the person who abandoned the baby.