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Crime
Newborn Baby's Corpse Found in Abandoned Bag in Sagar's Tehara-Teheri Village Field
✍️ Amar Ujala · Sagar
🗓 01 Nov 2026, 03:01 PM
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A newborn's body was recovered from an abandoned bag lying in a field in Tehara-Teheri village, Sagar district, after the field owner opened it with villagers' help.
A field in Tehara-Teheri village, located in the Rahatgarh police‑station jurisdiction of Sagar district, yielded a shocking discovery on Monday. An abandoned bag lying in the cultivated area contained the lifeless body of a newborn baby.
The owner of the field, assisted by nearby villagers, opened the bag after noticing it and immediately reported the finding to the local police. Preliminary examination indicated that the infant still had an attached umbilical cord, suggesting that the child had been discarded shortly after birth.
Sagar police have launched a criminal investigation, treating the incident as a possible case of infanticide. Investigators are collecting forensic evidence from the bag and surrounding soil, and are canvassing the neighbourhood for any witnesses who might have seen a woman delivering a baby in the vicinity.
Authorities have appealed to the public for information that could help identify the mother or any persons involved. The case underscores ongoing concerns about illegal abortions and child abandonment in rural Madhya Pradesh.
The owner of the field, assisted by nearby villagers, opened the bag after noticing it and immediately reported the finding to the local police. Preliminary examination indicated that the infant still had an attached umbilical cord, suggesting that the child had been discarded shortly after birth.
Sagar police have launched a criminal investigation, treating the incident as a possible case of infanticide. Investigators are collecting forensic evidence from the bag and surrounding soil, and are canvassing the neighbourhood for any witnesses who might have seen a woman delivering a baby in the vicinity.
Authorities have appealed to the public for information that could help identify the mother or any persons involved. The case underscores ongoing concerns about illegal abortions and child abandonment in rural Madhya Pradesh.