A newborn baby was found abandoned in Gurgaons Beriwala Bagh,near the Mini Secretariat,on Saturday evening. Sanjay Prasad,a chole-bhature vendor,found the infant,a boy,in some bushes at the entrance of the park,under a pile of garbage,wrapped in a sheet and a jute bag so that no one would hear him cry. I noticed his tiny feet when I went to throw some garbage. I was terrified and didnt remove the garbage lying over him; instead I packed my stuff and went home. When I told my wife and a neighbour,they asked me to bring the infant home, Prasad said. (When Prasad found the infant) he was covered in blood and insects were crawling all over him, Manoj Kumar,Prasads neighbour,said. Kumar said he intended to adopt the baby. I have three daughters. When I found the baby,I was so happy and wanted to keep him with us. However,my landlord said the police might be searching for the infant and pushed me to file an FIR, Kumar,who is also a chole-bhature vendor,said. He has written an application to District Commissioner R K Kataria seeking to adopt the infant. The five-day-old baby is admitted at the Civil Hospital in Gurgaon. A police official at the Khandsa Road police station said: We have enquired with all hospitals and private nursing homes but it seems unlikely that the child was delivered in the Gurgaon district. It is a possible case of unwanted pregnancy,else who abandons a male infant? The police have registered a case under Section 317 of the IPC at the Khandsa Road police station. The duty doctor said the infant was three-days-old when the police brought him to the hospital. He is a healthy child and does not have any deformities or disease, the doctor said. Several people queued up at the hospital to adopt him. He,however,will soon be sent to the orphanage in Panchkula, the doctor said.
