Stillborn found in washroom at private hospital: 5 persons arrested
New Delhi, Nearly six months after a stillborn was found abandoned inside the toilet of a hospital in north Delhi's Budh Vihar, five people, including the child's mother, have been arrested, police said on Thursday. The child's mother (20), her sister, boyfriend (24) and two others were held on Tuesday, they said.
A police official said the mother was unmarried and had been living in Budh Vihar for the last three months, adding that she was pregnant with her boyfriend's child.
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According to police, the woman visited Rajni Gupta Hospital in Budh Vihar on January 21 along with the other accused after she complained of stomach ache. Before the doctor could come to attend her, she rushed to the toilet due to the severe pain.
The woman gave birth to a stillborn in the toilet and escaped from the hospital along with her attendants, they said.
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