Teen mother arrested for dumping newborn

SALLERI, SOLUKHUMBU: A 17-year-old girl was arrested for dumping a newborn child that was born out of an illicit relationship in Solukhumbu district today.

The 11th-grade teen who hails from Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality-3, had left her newborn baby wrapped in a plastic bag at a dumping site near her rented room at Naya Bazaar of Dudhkunda Municipality-6 at around 2:30 pm yesterday, according to the Deputy Superintendent of Police Madhav Prasad Budhathoki at the District Police Office.

Local residents were informed of the baby immediately, after children who were playing near the dumping site noticed movement in a plastic bag, added police.

The girl has confessed her involvement in the crime, said police.

Meanwhile, police are searching for the father of the deceased baby girl.