Navi Mumbai: The Vashi Railway police launched a manhunt of the woman who allegedly abandoned a one and half-year-old baby girl in Panvel-CST train on Sunday night. The woman left the baby in a bucket in the women's coach of the train and alighted at Seawoods Darave station.
However, a co-passenger noticed and alerted the police constable on duty at the women's coach. The constable also noticed the woman alighting from the train at Seawoods Darave station.
The baby was rescued by the constable and handed over to Vashi Railway police who later sent her to an orphanage in Nerul. Police said that the woman could be between 30 and 35 years old.
The Vashi Railway Police have already registered a case under Section 317 against the woman who abandoned the infant in the running train. A senior police official from Vashi Railway police informed that a manhunt has been launched to search the woman.