Abandoned infant dies

Updated - February 25, 2018 08:15 pm IST

Published - February 24, 2018 11:35 pm IST - New Delhi

A young married woman was arrested for allegedly throwing her 25-day-old infant in a garbage dump in east Delhi, police said on Saturday.

Accused Neha, was arrested after her infant daughter died at the GTB Hospital here on Saturday, a senior police officer said. “The woman admitted throwing the infant in a garbage dump saying she did so due to anger and frustration over looking after the baby girl,” he said.

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