Mumbai The Mumbai Criminal Branch has apprehended a 35-year-old man who previously worked at a famous Bollywood actress’ residence in Juhu as a cook, for allegedly helping a 17-year-old mother abandon her newborn baby in the South Mumbai region.
While the defendant denies being the biological father of the newborn girl, the mother claimed in her statement that the defendant was the biological father.
Gamdevi Police have registered a case under Section 317 (Exposure and Abandonment of a Child under Twelve Years, by Parent or Custody) of the Indian Penal Code against the mother and unknown. The accused has been arrested and will be presented in court, Chief Inspector Rampiyare Rajbhar of Gamdevi Police Station said.
Police are now carrying out DNA tests of the baby and the accused to probe the fact. The incident came to light on January 13 when local residents noticed a baby on the road near Cadbury Junction in the Malabar Hill area of south Mumbai.
“The defendant is from Jharkhand and came to Mumbai about 15 years ago and is currently working as a cook in the house of a businessman in Gamdevi area. He previously worked in the residence of a famous Bollywood actress to Juhu,” said a criminal branch officer who was part of the investigation.
In his testimony, the accused claimed to have provided jobs as housekeepers and cooks to several people who had come from his native country in recent years. The victim is also from Jharkhand and lived in the Juhu area where she worked as a domestic helper and came into contact with the accused through mutual friends while looking for a job, the deputy said. Nilotpal police commissioner of crime. plugged.
The child’s mother had alleged in her statement that after giving birth to a baby girl, she called the accused. She then traveled from Juhu to Mumbai Central where the accused met her on January 13 and then the pair decided to drop the girl off near Cadbury Junction, the official added.
“After the case was taped, Unit 2 officials began conducting a parallel investigation and reviewed nearby CCTV cameras and obtained multiple images of the two defendants. According to information gathered through Human Intelligence and also based on technical evidence, we focused on the mother of the girl and the accused. We also investigated several hospitals and nursing homes to find out where a woman recently gave birth,” the inspector said. Srimant Shinde Police Unit 2.
She claimed that the delivery took place in a nursing home in the Irla region of Vile Parle (West). Now the police will ask if the legalities were followed by the nursing home or not.
“We need to check some facts like who visited the mother of the baby at the clinic, did she lie about her age at the clinic or not? Why didn’t the nursing home inform the police if the baby’s mother was a minor?. Several facts need to be verified and we will investigate the case in detail after getting custody of the accused,” Rajbhar said.
