Overview

• The newborn’s body was discovered in a white plastic bag in a Patel Nagar parking area on July 28, triggering a police response.
• Doctors at RML Hospital determined the infant died from blunt cranio-cerebral trauma and ligature asphyxiation in a post-mortem on July 29.
• The accused, 26-year-old Roshni, gave birth alone in her employer’s bathroom on July 26 and confessed to suffocating her newborn, citing fear of social stigma.
• She was arrested on August 7 and charged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 103(1) for murder and 238(a) for tampering with evidence.
• Authorities are preparing to question and potentially arrest her boyfriend from Rae Bareli as they probe his role in the case.