ALAPPUZHA: A new born baby was found abandoned in a bucket at Kotta near Mulakuzha in Chengannur. The Chengannur police said the baby is alive and immediately shifted to the hospital. A woman came to the hospital with excess bleeding and as per her statement, the police conducted a search at her house and found the baby in the bucket.

The woman told the hospital authorities that her baby died during delivery and that she laid her to rest. Following that, the hospital officials informed the police. The police reached her house in Mulakuzha and found the baby in the bucket kept in the bathroom. The police noticed the baby moving and immediately rushed him to the hospital. The woman is estranged from her husband. Only her elder son and grandmother were at home at the time of the incident.