Overview

• Vendors on the Patna-Chandigarh Summer Special train heard the newborn’s cries near Bareilly and alerted Moradabad railway police, who found the infant in a bag.
• A SIM card left with the baby enabled police to trace the child’s relatives to Chhapra, Bihar.
• Court statements reveal the minor mother delivered in the train toilet and had been raped by her father over the past year.
• Moradabad GRP registered a rape complaint based on the victim’s testimony and transferred the main investigation to Bihar Police.
• The baby is now with the Child Welfare Committee in Moradabad and will be eligible for adoption after a mandatory two-month period.