A newborn baby, suspected to be three to four months old, was found headless near a cremation ground in Kanjhawala on Monday morning. Police have initiated inquest proceedings in the matter.
When police reached the spot, they found the child with a cannula in his hand and a few pieces of cotton around him. Police are conducting a local inquiry and obtaining CCTV footage from nearby cameras to ascertain who left the child near the crematorium. “An inquiry is underway. The person is yet to be identified and traced,” the officer added. “It is likely that the child died a natural death and someone mutilated his body as part of an occult practice.
An officer privy to the matter said police received a phone call around 7am regarding the body. “The body was taken to a hospital for a post-mortem examination, which is yet to be conducted,” the officer said. The autopsy report will ascertain the cause of death and whether the child’s body was disposed of after his death or if he was killed and placed here, according to police. But this is yet to be ascertained,” the officer said.
