Overview

• A woman on the CSMT–Panvel local train handed her 15-day-old baby to passenger Divya Naidu at Seawoods station then alighted at Khandeshwar without the infant.
• Vashi Railway Police filed a case under Section 93 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, charging the unidentified woman with child abandonment.
• Officers circulated CCTV stills of the suspect and traced her exit at Khandeshwar as they pursue leads to locate her.
• The infant is receiving medical care at Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Hospital before being placed under the Child Welfare Committee’s protection.
• Authorities have appealed for public assistance and provided hotline numbers to trace the suspect.