Dog carries newborn at MMCH, FIR filed
RANCHI, Oct. 29 -- Police have registered a first information report (FIR) against doctors and staff of a private clinic at the Town police station in Palamu district after CCTV footage showed a stray dog carrying the body of a newborn in its mouth on the premises of Medinirai Medical College Hospital (MMCH), officials said on Wednesday. The video went viral on social media, triggering widespread outrage across the district.
Palamu Superintendent of Police (SP) Kapil Chaudhary confirmed the action.bOfficer-in-charge Jyoti Rajwar said the case had been lodged under relevant criminal laws and specialised medical legislation. Rajwar said that an FIR was registered against three unknown and eight known individuals. "Primary investigations done by administration suggested that two women deliberately took the body of the newborn from the nearby private nursing home and dumped it near the post-mortem house of MMCH, where it was subsequently scavenged by the stray dog," he said.
A police official familiar with the matter said preliminary findings indicated that the mother was a minor....
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