Onlykashmir.in News Desk
The body of a newborn baby was found in a forested stretch of Dunaroo in the Keller area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, triggering shock and concern among the local population. The discovery has left residents distressed and has raised troubling questions about how the child came to be abandoned in such a place.
Local sources said that stray dogs were seen dragging the infant’s body through the forest when some locals noticed the disturbing scene and intervened, retrieving the body from the animals. The residents then alerted the authorities, and the matter was brought to the notice of the concerned police station for necessary legal action.
Police have formally registered a case and initiated medico-legal proceedings. The circumstances surrounding the infant’s death, the identity of the child’s parents and the reason the body was found in the forest remain unclear at this stage. No arrests or further details have been made public.
Residents expressed dismay over the circumstances in which the newborn was left in the forested area. For a community that regards the protection of children as a shared responsibility, the incident has come as a painful jolt, and many people in the locality have called for a thorough investigation to establish how the infant died and whether any criminal offence was committed.
Medico-legal proceedings in such cases usually involve a post-mortem examination to determine the cause and approximate time of death, along with other forensic steps that help investigators piece together what happened. These procedures are essential to establish whether the child was born alive, how the death occurred and whether any offence has been committed. Police typically also seek to trace the family through local inquiries and available leads, a process that can take time when little information is available at the outset.
Until the investigation produces findings, it would be premature to draw conclusions about the circumstances. What is clear is that the discovery has stirred strong public feeling and a demand for accountability.
For now, the people of Keller await the outcome of the case, hoping that it will bring clarity and that the law will take its course.
