In a shocking incident, an eight-month-old baby girl's body was found on the banks of river Netravathi in Bolar of Mangaluru city on Monday. The suspected cause of death is strangulation.
The city police have identified the infant, Mounashree, as the daughter of Laxman Temminal and Roopa, who are construction workers in the city. According to authorities, the infant’s parents hail from Koppal district and moved to the city about two weeks ago. They were staying at a camp shed of a private construction company in Bolar along with relatives and were employed as construction labourers.
According to a complaint filed by the infant’s mother Roopa Temminal, on May 27 she left to work around 8 am in the morning, leaving her infant with her husband Laxman who said that he not keeping well and would not attend work.
At 1 pm the same day, she was informed by her relative, Ambraish, that her baby was missing from home. Accompanied by her relatives, Roopa rushed home and spoke to her husband, who told her that he put the baby to sleep in a cradle around 11.45 am, but upon his return, he found that the child was missing.
The couple, along with their relatives, searched for the baby till 5 pm. At that point, a relative informed them that the body of a baby had been found near Bolar ferry park on the banks of river Netravathi.
When Roopa rushed to the spot, she found the dead body of Mounashree and immediately took the infant to the Wenlock Hospital. The doctors informed her that the baby was dead on arrival and they suspected that she had been strangled. It was also stated in medical reports that scratch marks were found on the baby’s face as well.
Based on the mothers complaint, Mangalore South Police Station is probing the case. No arrests have not been made as yet.