: Saturday, May 1, 2021, 7:20 AM IST
Pune: Toddler left without food, water for two days next to mother s dead body; neighbours had feared COVID-19
STARVED FOR DAYS
A baby was found crawling next to the body of his mother who had been dead for two days inside their home near Pune, reports NDTV.com. No one reached out to the family fearing she had died of COVID-19. Finally, the stench forced the landlord to call the police to the house located in Pimpri Chinchwad.
On Monday, the police barged into the house and found the woman s body and the infant next to her. The woman was suspected to have died on Saturday, which means the 18-month-old had been without food or water all that time. With neighbours refusing to even hold the baby, police constables Sushila Gabhale and Rekha Waze took charge and fed him.
PUNE: Two women constables from the Dighi police rescued a one-year-old boy lying quietly next to the body of his mother in their house in Pimpri Chinchwad, on Tuesday.
Police suspect the baby’s mother might have died a couple of days ago. Their neighbours realised she had died when a foul smell started emanating from the house. Fearing Covid, they did not dare to help the boy, who starved for at least two days.
The two women police constables Sushila Gabhale and Rekha Vaje took charge of the baby. They fed him milk and biscuits. After the boy regained his senses, he was taken to a hospital. “The boy tested negative for Covid-19. According to the directives of the Child Welfare Committee, we have shifted him to a childcare home,” senior inspector Mohan Shinde of the Dighi police said. “The reason behind the death of the baby’s mother is not known,” she said.
India Covid crisis: Baby starved for two days because neighbours feared virus
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Police found the child next to the body of his mother who had been dead for two days.
A starving baby was found next to the body of his mother who had been dead for two days inside their home in Pune.
According to NDTV, neighbours did not reach out to the family fearing Covid, with the woman’s body only being discovered after the landlord called police to the house due to a foul smell.
Police broke into the house on Monday to find the woman’s dead body with the baby next to her. The 18-month-old had been without food or water since Saturday when his mother died.
Baby Starved For 2 Days As Mother Lay Dead, No One Helped Fearing Covid Baby Starved For 2 Days As Mother Lay Dead, No One Helped Fearing Covid No one reached out to the family fearing Covid; a stench forced the landlord to call the police to the house located in Pimpri Chinchwad.
Police constables Sushila Gabhale and Rekha Waze have taken charge of the baby
A baby was found next to the body of his mother who had been dead for two days inside their home near Maharashtra s Pune one of the countless unspeakable tragedies that have emerged in the pandemic.