A foetus has been found abandoned between the compound walls of two buildings in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/maharashtra-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a>`s Thane district, police said on Tuesday.
A passer-by on Monday evening spotted the foetus, around six months old, at Sagaon village in Dombivli area, a police spokesperson told PTI.
After being alerted, police rushed to the spot and sent the foetus to a government hospital for postmortem, he said.
A case was registered under <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/indian-penal-code-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Indian Penal Code</a> Sections 317A (exposure and abandonment of child under 12 years) and 318 (concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body) against the unidentified culprits, the official said.
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A probe was on into the case, he added.
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A foetus has been found abandoned between the compound walls of two buildings in Maharashtra`s Thane district, police said on Tuesday

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