Newborn girl abandoned at Metro station

A newborn girl was allegedly abandoned by a woman, suspected to be her mother, at the premises of Tagore Garden Metro Station in west Delhi, the police said on Sunday.

The child, less than a month old, was left at the station at around 2.30 pm on Saturday. A commuter, who noticed the abandoned infant in a corner  close to the stairs and near Gate No. 4 of the Metro station, raised an alarm, following which security officials informed the police and the baby was rescued.

When CCTV footage was checked, the police found a woman, believed to be the girl’s mother, abandoning her at the spot. However, the woman’s identity could not be ascertained, a police official said.

The baby has been shifted to a child care centre in south-West Delhi’s Dabri area, where she is being taken care of.

“Today we registered a case under Section 317 of IPC and a team has been formed to track down the child’s mother,” DCP (Metro) Jitendra Mani said.

The police are also tracking records of all hospital in West and South-west Delhi regarding all deliveries that have taken place in the past one month.