Overview
- Villagers in Chhindwara’s Nandanwadi area heard cries, removed stones, and rescued the three-day-old boy, who is being treated for hypothermia and insect bites at the district hospital.
- Bablu and Rajkumari Dandoliya, both government primary-school teachers, were identified by police and arrested, and a local court later granted them bail.
- Police registered a case under Section 93 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for child abandonment and said further sections, including 109 (attempt to murder), may be added after legal review.
- Investigators say the father admitted acting out of fear of suspension or dismissal under the two-child rule, and officials noted the couple had concealed their third child from records.
- The case has renewed scrutiny of ambiguity in the civil-service rule and follows NCRB data indicating Madhya Pradesh reports the highest number of newborn-abandonment cases nationally.