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16‑Year‑Old in West Bengal Nursing Home Gives Birth, Newborn Found Dead After Being Thrown Out Window

By PTI

A 16‑year‑old girl in Hooghly district, West Bengal, gave birth in a nursing‑home washroom and allegedly threw the newborn out of a window, where the baby was found dead. The girl was brought to the Uttarpara Municipality nursing home by family members late Friday night after complaining of severe abdominal pain. On Saturday morning, as her pain intensified, she went to the washroom, delivered a baby without assistance, and reportedly threw the infant out the window. A passerby discovered the newborn lying in a pool of blood and alerted authorities. A nurse attempted to take the baby inside but found it dead. Police confirmed the newborn was a girl. Family members said they were unaware of the pregnancy and had brought her to the nursing home believing she had only abdominal pain. Nursing‑home owner Sucheta Mukherjee stated that staff had asked the family about a possible pregnancy at admission but received no confirmation. The police are investigating the incident, reviewing CCTV footage, interviewing the parents and other family members, and may conduct a post‑mortem on the deceased newborn. Local residents claimed that similar incidents had occurred before at the nursing home, including a foetus recovered from the premises previously.