Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh: In an uncanny incident, a father found an earthen pot with a newborn girl in it when he was digging a pit to bury his own stillborn daughter who had died minutes after birth.
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According to reports, Hitesh Kumar Sirohi, a trader, rescued the newborn girl and fed her milk using cotton. The girl has now been admitted to a private hospital.
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According to Superintendent of Police (city) Abhinandan Singh, Sirohi’s wife Vaishali is a sub-inspector posted in Bareilly.
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She was admitted to a private hospital last week after she complained of labour pains.
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She gave birth to a seven-month premature girl, who died within a few minutes.
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Sirohi had gone to bury his daughter and as the pit was being dug, at a depth of three feet, the spade hit an earthen pot, which was pulled out. There was a baby girl lying in it.
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The SP said that the girl was alive and breathing heavily. She was taken to the district hospital and admitted. Her condition is stable now.
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Abhinandan Singh said: “A very inhuman incident came to light under the limits of Subhash Nagar police station in Maninath cremation ground in which a newborn girl was buried by unknown people inside an earthen pot. The baby was found by members of a family who had gone to bury their daughter who died following premature birth,”
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“After digging for a while, they found a pot and heard a baby crying. Soon, a police team reached the spot and the baby was sent to a hospital where she is undergoing treatment,” he said.
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“We are now trying to find the parents of the baby. We will take strict action against those who have buried the infant alive,” he added.
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Pooja, a relative of the mother of the dead baby said, “When my husband and another relative went to bury the dead baby they found an earthen pot after digging for a while. We could hear a baby crying from the pot.
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“So they took her out and fed her milk. They also called the police and an ambulance immediately,” she said.
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Vimal Kumar NICU in-charge said, “The hospital staff have named the baby Sita. She is undergoing treatment here, she has not yet recovered fully.”
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