The mother and maternal grandfather of a newborn baby have been arrested after the infant was found abandoned in a forest in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, with his lips sealed with glue and a stone in his mouth. The stone was allegedly placed to prevent the baby from crying and alerting anyone. The baby was just 19 days old when he was found two days ago.

According to the police, the baby was born out of an illicit relationship. Fearing social taboo, the woman and her father had rented a room in Bundi using fake identities and arranged for the delivery to be made there. They allegedly attempted to sell the baby, and when that failed, they abandoned him after a few weeks, NDTV reported.

“We have detained a woman based on intelligence inputs. She is being interrogated. Preliminary inputs suggest sh

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