In a gruesome incident in Harohalli in Karnataka‘s Ramnagar district, a newborn baby was flushed down in a hospital’s toilet.
According to police, the body of the baby was found inside the toilet located on the ground floor of the hospital.
When clogging in the toilet was noticed, the sweepers and plumbers were asked to fix it.
The incident came to light when the health facility’s staff
were fixing clogging in the commode.
The cleaning staff identified something blocking the flow of water. Initially, they suspected it to be a cloth or waste material. However, they were shocked to find the body of the newborn there, according to police.
The body was extricated with equipment used for pulling out the materials clogging the toilets.
It is suspected that the baby was one or two days old.