India, Oct. 14 -- A 24-year-old woman was booked on Sunday for allegedly abandoning her newborn boy at the Bhaktidham Temple in Chunabhatti. The woman is undergoing treatment in Sion Hospital and would be arrested once she recovers, the police said.

According to the police, the baby boy was found by two people who had gone for a morning walk on Sunday, Palak Jain and Roshni Bhul. They heard the baby's cries and found him wrapped in a white cloth in the temple premises. The duo alerted the control room, after which the police arrived at the spot and rushed the baby to Sion Hospital.

"The umbilical cord was not properly cut. We found blood stains in a nearby public toilet. Maybe she delivered the baby there," said a police officer, adding...