Five-month-old foetus found abandoned in Faridkot drain

Tribune News Service

Faridkot, December 15

A five-months-old foetus was found abandoned in a drain in Baatha Wala Mohalla here on Saturday evening.

A sweeper in the Municipal Committee, Faridkot, noticed the foetus in the drain. “It was a developed one and the limbs had shaped up,” said Vicky, the sweeper. He noticed the foetus when he was cleaning the drain. It is suspected that either some woman threw it in the drain or it came along with the flow of water.

The Faridkot police have registered a case under Section 318 (Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) of the IPC against an unidentified person.