- By Shibra Siddiqui
- Sat, 19 Apr 2025 03:12 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Bengaluru police arrested a man after he disposed of a garbage bag containing a stillborn baby. The incident took place in the city’s Yelahanka area, where extending a helping hand to his neighbour to toss out a trash bag turned out to be a nightmare for the man, the Times of India reported.
According to the report, it was revealed during the investigation that the man had just responded to a girl’s request, who is his neighbour, to discard the trash bag and had no idea what was in it. The police reached to girl’s home, based on the statement, where the 17-year-old girl confessed to being the mother of the stillborn child.
A love affair had led to the pregnancy, which later turned sour when the girl registered a rape case against the partner. According to the report, the girl was a vegetable vendor and was in a romantic relationship with an autorickshaw driver residing in the same area. The girl managed to hide her pregnancy from her labourer parents.
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After she experienced pain in the eighth month of her pregnancy, the girl delivered the child at her home with the help of a friend. But the baby died during childbirth. According to the TOI report, she packed the baby in the bag and requested the unsuspecting neighbour to toss it.
Yelahanka police said that they were informed about a stillborn baby found in a plastic bag in a garbage pile, the report added. Police found CCTV footage of a man disposing of the bag and tracked him down. However, after the events became clear, he was allowed to return home.
Based on the 17-year-old girl's statement, the police arrested her lover for raping and impregnating a minor.