Coimbatore: The Tirupur rural police on Tuesday exhumed the remains of a girl baby who was buried in a plot located on Palladam-Poomalur road at Kalivelampatti near Palladam by her parents on June 12.
A 36-year-old woman from JKC Colony in Palladam delivered a baby girl at Palladam government hospital on June 12 and she was referred to the Tirupur Government Medical College and Hospital for further treatment.
The same day, she absconded with the baby from the hospital and returned to Palladam.
When a nurse from a local primary health centre visited the woman, she told the nurse that her baby girl died on the same day.
The Palladam police received the information a few days ago and began an inquiry.
Meanwhile, village administrative officer from Palladam Muthulakshmi conducted an inquiry with the couple and lodged a complaint with the Palladam police on June 19.
Based on the complaint, police registered a case against the couple under sections 176 (omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of an offence or giving false information to screen offender) of the Indian Penal Code.
Meanwhile, the baby girl’s body was exhumed in front of police and revenue department staff on Tuesday.
A team of doctors from the forensic medicine department at the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) visited Palladam and carried out the postmortem.
Based on the postmortem report, further action would be taken against the couple, said police.