JAJPUR: A day after a buried newborn girl was rescued from a field in Shamsundarpur village under Dharmasala block in Jajpur district, Child Welfare Committee (CWC) of Jajpur on Sunday filed a complaint with Jenapur police station in this regard.
Bidutlata Das, Chairperson of CWC, has sought appropriate action against the accused. Police have also registered a case and started inquiry. The two-day-old girl is recuperating at the District Headquarters Hospital and her condition is stable.
In another development, the district administration has announced to adopt the newborn baby and named her Dharitri.
The district administration has also decided to observe the 21st day of the baby girl (called Ekoisia in local parlance) at Biraja temple in Jajpur town on April 14.
Dharitri was found buried alive in the field and rescued by villagers in Shamsundarpur, a hamlet in Anjira village of the district, on Saturday. A minor school girl first spotted the feet of the newborn moving and body buried in a vegetable field while she was going to Shamasundarpur Primary School. She then informed some villagers nearby, who dug out the girl. She was breathing and the villagers immediately handed her over to an ASHA worker.
The girl was admitted to Dharmasala Community Health Centre and later shifted to Dharmasala government hospital as her condition was critical. Dharmasala CHC Medical Officer Chintamani Mishra said the girl’s umbilical cord was not cut which suggested that she was dumped just after birth.
The newborn will be handed over to District Child Protection Officer after she recovers.