Title - Child found abandoned near Sirhind rly station

Fatehgarh Sahib : A one year-old-boy was found abandoned in the bushes at a pond near Sirhind railway station here this morning.The authorities suspected that the boy belonged to a migrant family and had started searching for the baby's parents.Councillor Kuldeep Kaur and social activist Gurpreet Singh Lalli heard the baby's cries when they were on their morning walk and found the boy near the pond.Thereafter they informed the Sirhind police. Local MLA Kuljeet Singh Nagra arrived at the site along with SHO Dharam Pal.Lalli took the child to a hospital for check up.Nagra said they first suspected that the boy might have fallen out of a train but soon debunked the theory as the boy did not suffer from any injuries.They informed the Deputy Commissioner who directed officials to spread the word about the abandoned baby in the town. Nagra said the boy was healthy.Confirming the same, the Deputy Commissioner said that District Programme Officer, Neeta Gupta had been assigned the task of taking care of the boy till his legitimate parents were found.He said the boy had been sent to a hospital in Mohali for medical check-up. In case they failed to find the child's parents, he would be sent to Bal Bhawan at Patiala or at Ludhiana, he added.