The victim's family alleged that they noticed the hospital staff shooing a dog away from the operation theatre and soon after, they were told that the baby, born just two hours ago, was dead.
According to the family, they found the body lying on the floor with deep gashes around the neck and other parts of the body. The hospital where the incident took place was unregistered and being run adjacent to a government hospital.
In the FIR lodged with Sadar Kotwali police, the infant`s father Ravi Kumar said he had admitted his wife Kanchan in the hospital on Monday and she was taken for a C-section to the operation theatre. After the delivery, Kanchan was shifted to the ward but the family was told that the baby would be shifted later. An hour later, the family was informed that the baby had died.