visakhapatnam an infant was found abandoned in some bushes at the outskirts of bhogapuram village under rolugunta mandal in the vizag districtsubinspector of police rolugunta b naga karthik rescued the baby girl and he shifted the infant to the primary health centre at rolugunta for first aid though the incident took place on thursday evening it came to light on fridaythe police received a call from one g srinivas a farmer who discovered the abandoned baby girl the police led by naga karthik rushed to the spot and found the infant wrapped in a cloth fortunately the baby girl was noticed by srinivas before any stray animal found itspeaking to toi naga karthik said that the infant is healthy but she was bitten by the ants i took the baby girl from the bushes and shifted her to the local hospital where the baby was treated and fed we have informed about the incident to officials of the integrated child development services icds and the infant was shifted to the narsipatnam hospital for better treatment he addedthe icds officials have shifted the infant to king george hospital in vizag city for further carewe have received more than 40 phone calls from childless couples about the abandoned infant and over 10 couples visited our police station citing that they want to adopt the abandoned baby girl but as per the norms the adoption will be done legally the police officer addedthe baby girl may have been born to an unwed mother or is the outcome of an illicit relationship we have registered a case under section 317 exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years by parent or person having care of it of the indian penal code ipc we were checking the records at the private as well as the government hospitals in the region to trace the parents of the infant the police addedthe cases of newborns being dumped are increasing in the society in the vizag region its an unhealthy and most irresponsible trend expressed the leaders of various womens organizations