Assam: Unidentified Newborn's Body Found Floating in Dhekiajuli River

A correspondent

Dhekiajuli: In a shocking incident an unidentified newborn’s body was found floating in the river under the Sirajuli Bridge in the Dhekiajuli Police Station area on Wednesday morning. 

According to reports local residents first spotted the newborn’s body drifting in the river under Sirajuli Bridge. They immediately informed the Dhekiajuli police about the incident. Acting swiftly a police team from Dhekiajuli Police Station rushed to the location retrieved the body and transported it to the Dhekiajuli Police Station. Subsequently the infant’s remains were sent to Tezpur Medical College & Hospital for a post-mortem examination.

While the exact cause of the incident remains unknown locals suspect that the newborn might have been abandoned due to an illegal or unwanted pregnancy possibly arising from illicit circumstances. There are speculations that the act was committed to conceal the identity of the parents and to escape from societal stigma.

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