Bodies of newborns found in stream in Mandi, mother nabbed

Tribune News Service

Mandi, September 19

Two newborn girls were found dead in a stream, near the Sakodi bridge, in Mandi district, today. The babies were two-month-old.

Some passers-by noticed the bodies in the stream under the bridge, and informed the police.

According to the police, the newborns were born out of wedlock and dumped there by the mother. The woman had eloped with her lover and now wanted to come back to her husband’s house to live with him. She gave birth to twins out of wedlock and had apprehension that her husband would not accept the babies. So, she dumped them in the stream, the police said.

Mandi SP Shalini Agnihotri confirmed the report and said the accused woman had been nabbed and the interrogation was underway. The police were looking at all aspects of the case to ascertain if there was involvement of other persons in the crime, the SP said.

The post-mortem of bodies was being conducted at the zonal hospital, Mandi, to ascertain the actual cause of death. After the report, it would be clear whether the accused woman had dumped the babies after killing them or left them alive in the area, said the SP.