The Pulikkezhu police have launched a probe into the discovery of a partially decomposed body of a six- month-old baby girl from a swamp near Thiruvalla late on Saturday.
According to the police, the body was discovered accidentally when an employee of a nearby shop launched a search to identify the source of foul smell emanating from the location. The body, which was beyond identification, had some of its limbs missing.
A post-mortem examination suggested that the body was at least three days old. The police have launched a probe and collected CCTV footage to identify who dumped the body at the location .
