Pune: Woman Arrested for Discarding Foetus in Drainage Ditch, Released on Bail
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Pune: The Wanowrie police arrested a 21-year-old married woman for allegedly discarding a male fetus in a drainage ditch behind Rajgad Housing Society at Surakshanagar. The Hadapsar police recovered the fetus on March 17 after residents complained of a foul odor emanating from the clogged and overflowing drainage.
Initially, an FIR was registered against unidentified individuals, and investigations began to trace the parent(s) responsible. Police questioned residents, sent wireless messages to nearby stations, and contacted private and civic hospitals, as well as clinics, to identify any woman who had recently undergone an abortion or miscarriage. However, these efforts yielded no results.
The case took a turn when officers, while questioning society members, identified a woman who had terminated her pregnancy and was residing in one of the building’s wings. Sub-inspector Avinash Shinde stated, “We arrested the woman on March 21 after she confessed to disposing of the fetus in the drainage ditch. She claimed she did not want to conceive for personal reasons.”
Investigations revealed that the woman had taken abortion pills to terminate her pregnancy, and the fetus was expelled into the drainage system while she was in the washroom.
After the recovery of the fetus, the woman remained silent, fearing societal backlash. “When a police team visited her, she appeared nervous, shivering and sweating. Policewomen Rupali Takawane and Mangal Pardeshi, along with Assistant Sub-Inspector Kishore Rane, reassured her, after which she disclosed the circumstances that led to the abortion,” Shinde added.
She was booked under Section 94 (concealing the birth of a child) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, a bailable offense punishable by up to two years of imprisonment. She was later granted bail at the police station level. No action was taken against her husband, a welder.
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