Infant’s body found in Bajura canal

BAJURA: A body of abandoned infant was found in a canal in Bajura district on Tuesday morning.

The body was spotted at Majh canal located at Thipichaur when the local residents were preparing to take bath. Later, the body was brought under police surveillance at Kolti Primary Health Centre.

Police were investigating if the baby was ditched alive in the canal after delivery, Kolti Airport's security guard Inspector Dambar Bahadur Thapa said.

They suspected that the person who supposedly ditched the baby on Monday night could be a resident of Kolti Bazaar.

Postmortem would be carried out at the health centre.