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Newborn found dead in Salyan
The deceased body, found floating in the Sharada River, has been sent for postmortem.bookmark
Biplab Maharjan
Published at : March 1, 2023
Updated at : March 1, 2023 16:53
A newborn was found dead in Salyan on Wednesday.
The body of the deceased was found floating in the Sharada River in Dodhera of Kalimati Rural Municipality.
The body was found with the umbilical cord still attached, said Santosh Khanal, information officer at the district police office.
Khanal added that the body had been taken to the district hospital for a postmortem.
Police personnel from the Kalimati Area Police Office and Luham reached the incident site for further investigation after local ward chairman Bel Bahadur Chand informed them of the incident, Khanal said.
Biplab Maharjan
Biplab Maharjan is the Salyan correspondent for Kantipur Publications.
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