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Abandoned newborn baby’s body mauled by dogs in Shimla

Police said they received a call around 8.30 am on Monday when locals noticed some stray dogs mauling the body of a newborn baby.

Abandoned newborn baby’s body mauled by dogs in Shimla

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In a horrific incident, a newborn baby’s body which was reportedly abandoned in an under-construction building was mauled by dogs in the Mehli area of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh.

Police said they received a call around 8.30 am on Monday when locals noticed some stray dogs mauling the body of a newborn baby.

As the dogs were mauling the newborn baby’s body at the under-construction building, the horrified locals tried to recover it but it took some help from the cops to retrieve it.

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The cops who reached the spot with the forensic team and dog squad took the body into their possession and sent the body for postmortem.

A case has been registered to ascertain the identity of the newborn and who threw the body at the under-construction building. Further investigations in the matter are on.

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