Overview

• Police traced and arrested 23-year-old Aman Iqbal Kondkar in Bhiwandi within 24 hours, and he admitted abandoning the infant due to societal stigma over her premarital birth.
• A handwritten note left beside the two-day-old girl cited the parents’ mental and financial distress and pleaded for her safety.
• Authorities filed cases under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Juvenile Justice Act along with IPC Section 317 and BNS Section 93 for child abandonment.
• Doctors at the Panvel sub-district hospital confirmed the infant is stable, and child welfare officials are arranging her transfer to an Alibaug paediatric facility.
• Navi Mumbai Police continue to pursue leads to identify and detain the baby’s mother as part of the ongoing investigation.