In a gut-wrenching incident, horrified passersby had to shoo away a pack of stray dogs feasting on the body of a newborn baby. It was later established that the baby had been a stillborn.
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The?incident took place on the roadside near a government?hospital in Bhubaneshwar. According to a PTI report, the police was informed about the incident soon after.?
The police reached the spot and recovered the body of the newborn.
The body of the baby was sent to the district headquarters hospital for an autopsy. A police official told PTI that the baby appeared to be stillborn.?
"Records at the maternity wards of the hospitals in the area are being verified to ascertain the parentage of the baby," a police official said.