TAXILA: The body of a newborn was recovered from a garbage dump near Christian hospital in the jurisdiction of Taxila police station on October 12.
According to police, some scavengers informed the local shopkeepers about the presence of the body of a wrapped newborn in the dumpster near a street adjacent to the hospital.
On getting information, a police party reached there and shifted the body to tehsil headquarters hospital for autopsy.
“The body was of a boy and was just a few hours old,” police investigators told the newsman. He said that the medical evidence was collected for the identification of the baby and was later handed over to the municipal committee for burial.
A case has been registered under the relevant laws.
Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2025.
