(Eds: Corrected copy)Thane, Oct 14 (PTI) A twenty-year-old woman and threeothers were today arrested on the charge of killing her justbaby boy and dumping it near a building at Dombivli in thedistrict, police said.
The arrested include the woman's mother, police said.
The accused were identified as Kamlesh Bhanushali(29), Mahesh Bande (24) and the woman and her mother ShantaBanerjee (45), they added.
On October 9, Manpada police had received informationthat body of a baby was lying near a building.
When they went to the spot, they found that the bodywas packed in a blue coloured bag and the throat of the newborn was slit, said police.
According to police, the twenty-year-old woman becamepregnant as she was in a relationship with the two accusedmen. At the advanced stage of pregnancy, the duo allegedlygave her pills to terminate her pregnancy.
"On the night of October 9, the woman gave birth tothe baby boy at home, where her mother assisted her. Theaccused allegedly slit the throat of the child and then packedit in a blue bag and dumped out of the widow of theirbuilding," a police officer said.
During the probe, the police were informed that one ofthe women in the building was pregnant. When they inquiredwith the woman about her pregnancy and child, she could notgive satisfactory answers.
When police inquired further, she revealed to themwhat had happened.
Senior police inspector Gajanan Kabdule, of theManpada police station said that further investigation intothe matter is on. PTI CORRNP.
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