Newborn found dead inside Madhya Pradesh hospital. Then, doctors noticed marks around her neck

A newborn girl in Madhya Pradesh’s Ashoknagar district was allegedly strangled to death just 16 hours after her birth, according to police. The infant, born to a couple from Chanderi, was taken to the hospital shortly after her birth and placed under medical observation. However, by Saturday afternoon, the baby had passed away. At first, doctors believed her condition had deteriorated suddenly; it was only later that they noticed marks around her neck and blood coming from her mouth, leading to suspicions of murder.

Upon examination, doctors found ligature or compression marks around the baby's neck, indicating she may have been strangled. The police are questioning the baby's family members as they reconstruct the events leading up to her death. The baby was born late Friday night, around 11:50 pm, and admitted to the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) shortly after.

She was found unresponsive and subsequently dead between 3 pm and 4 pm on Saturday, less than 16 hours after her birth. The hospital staff immediately transferred the newborn to the SNCU after discovering her unresponsive. Doctors performed an examination and found blood coming from her mouth and marks resembling pressure around her neck.

The hospital treated the death as suspicious and contacted the police, who later conducted a post-mortem examination. The baby was the second daughter of her parents, and investigators are now exploring whether gender and family circumstances could have played a role in her killing. The restricted access to the child and the lack of CCTV cameras inside the SNCU have further complicated the investigation.