On Saturday morning, while cleaning roads, an on-duty BMC cleaner saw a newborn baby inside the dustbin at NS Road, Marine Drive. The cleaner with the help of local people, took the baby out from the dustbin and gave him first-aid treatment and milk.

Later, he informed Marine Drive police station about the abandoned baby and the police registered a case against the unknown parents of the baby. Currently, the baby is under treatment at Mahalaxmi’s Child Welfare Centre. The BMC cleaner was identified as Mahesh Jethwa, 40, a resident of Sukla Estate Society at Masjid Bunder and working in the C-Ward.