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Police have recovered the body of a one-day-old newborn girl from under the Fulbaria flyover at Gulistan in the capital. The body was found inside a bag around 1:30pm on Monday (9 November).
Sub-Inspector Abdul Halim of Shahbagh Police Station confirmed the incident. He said police recovered the body after the newborn was found inside a bag under the flyover around 1:30pm.
According to SI Halim, after completing legal procedures, the body was sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy in the afternoon. It could not be immediately known who left the baby there.
The police officer said that, along with the autopsy, steps would be taken to collect necessary evidence including DNA samples. The forensic department will later be informed so that the burial or last rites can be arranged through Anjuman Mufidul Islam.
