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The infant was found in a dustbin located in one of the toilets at Mumbai International Airport’s T2 terminal on Tuesday night by cleaning staff
Cleaning staff at a major airport in India were left horrified after finding a dead newborn baby in a toilet. The infant was found in a dustbin in one of the toilets at Mumbai International Airport’s T2 terminal on Tuesday night. The grim discovery was made at 10:30pm while housekeeping staff were cleaning the facility as usual.
They immediately informed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) security personnel. Police said it was the first time a body had been found in the airport area and are yet to identify who left the baby there. Officers are also investigating the possibility that the birth took place in the bathroom, or that the accused may have entered the airport illegally.
The baby was found in a dustbin in the T2 terminal(Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Authorities are now scouring CCTV footage and collecting information about all passengers who arrived and left the airport that day. Efforts are also being made to identify pregnant women among the passengers.
Police are especially concerned that someone was able to leave the baby in the toilet and then exit without arousing any suspicion from the airport security personnel. Investigating officers said the incident is considered a serious security lapse. The baby’s body has been transported to a hospital where an autopsy is due to take place to determine the exact cause of death.
It came as numerous bottles and jars containing a foetus and various body parts were found on the same day at a rubbish heap behind a hotel on the outskirts of the city of Daund, India.
Authorities are now scouring the airport’s CCTV footage (Image: Getty Images)
The gruesome discovery, which saw jars containing a uterus and appendix, was made behind the Prime Town Hotel in Borawke Nagar on Tuesday. It is believed the remains found in the bottles could be "preserved study samples or bio-medical waste" which had been "casually disposed of" by a laboratory or medical facility.
Police were called after residents in the local area reported a box containing plastic jars, which had a foetus and various body parts stuffed in them.
Maharashtra State Women’s Commission, formed to investigate specific issues relating to women in India, posted on X that there had been reports "that an infant and human remains were found in a garbage dump in Boravkenagar, Daund taluka, Pune district".
The commission shared: "Currently, the Daund police have conducted a panchnama at the scene and examined it through a team of doctors.
Efforts are being made to trace pregnant women who travelled through Mumbai airport(Image: Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"The police have started an investigation into this and an inquiry into the hospital. The human remains have been with the hospital for study since 2020 and were inadvertently dumped in the garbage. The State Women’s Commission has instructed the police to immediately complete the investigation and submit a factual report to the commission."
Local media reported that one jar contained a deceased male infant, while others contained human body parts. Police traced the boxes to Bhangale Hospital, as its name was labelled on jars.
Hospital officials claimed the jars contained organs from surgical procedures, with each jar apparently labelled with a patient’s name. The remains were examined by Dr Sandeep Gujar, superintendent of the sub-district hospital, confirming the foetus was a male infant.
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