Police recovered the body of a newborn from a sidewalk near the emergency gate of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Friday.
A passerby noticed a dog tugging at a bag on the sidewalk and informed the police via the national emergency hotline number, 999.
On information, police recovered the body of the newborn girl inside a bag lying on the trash-covered sidewalk opposite the emergency gate around 11:00am, said Mohammad Selim, sub-inspector of Shahbagh Police Station.
The body was sent to the morgue of the emergency department. The identity of those who left the body there remains unknown, he added.
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