MALLAPALLY: A case has been registered after a baby born to a 21-year-old woman was found buried at Kaarikkamala in Aanikkad. The body of the baby buried has been taken out. The body was found behind the house in Aanikkad. The Keezhvaipur police has taken a case. The body has been taken for post-mortem at Kottayam Medical College Hospital by a team led by Thiruvalla RDO.

Police said the woman gave birth in her own home Friday morning and soon buried the baby behind her house. The woman and her relatives are under observation. Police said only after post-mortem it can be known whether the baby was buried alive or not.