Karkala: Newborn Male Found Abandoned, Attempt to Kill Suspected
Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala
Karkala, Jan 14: A newborn male baby was found at Parpale hill here on Sunday January 13.
The baby was noticed by locals who heard its cries. They found the baby under a tree near Krishnagiri road.
It is suspected that the baby was abandoned soon after its birth, as the naval cord was stained with blood.
The baby was born after a full term of preganancy, it is said. It weighed 2.3 kg, with wheatish complexion. There were minor injury marks found on the neck and head. There was blood near the mouth.
As baby was finding it hard to breathe, and because there were injury marks on the neck and head, it is suspected that those who abandoned the baby might have tried to strangle it.
The baby was shifted to Wenlock hospital in Mangalore.
The locals said that they had seen a woman arrive at the spot in an auto rickshaw. They surmised that she might have thrown the baby from the rickshaw, causing injury on the baby's head.