**Boudh:** In a shocking incident, a newborn girl was rescued by cops from the highway near Lunibahal chhak under Puruna Katak police limits here today morning.
The abandoned girl was spotted by locals in NH-57 as they heard her crying loudly. They immediately informed the police and on intimation, cops reached the spot, rescued the baby girl and rushed her to Puruna Katak hospital.
This is the first such incident reported in 2019. Last year, as many as 30 such incidents had been reported from the State.
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