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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (JS)
Mangaluru, Jul 21: In a heart-breaking incident, a two-year-old girl was found abandoned in the passage of a building at Bejai here on Thursday July 21.
The girl was found wrapped in a bedsheet at a commercial complex in Bejai.
The toddler was found by some shopkeepers when they came for work on Thursday morning. They immediately informed White Doves NGO.
White Doves team led by Corrine Rasquinha rushed to the spot and along with the police, rescued the toddler and shifted her to Wenlock hospital.
Speaking to daijiworld, Corrine said that the child had several injury marks on her body, indicating that she might have been physically abused.
There is no information yet on who abandoned her or why.
After treatment at Wenlock hospital, the girl would be rehabilitated at White Doves, Corrine said.
Kadri police have registered a case.