Police rescue baby girl abandoned near CM Vijay’s Neelankarai house

Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Neelankarai police are investigating the rescue of a newborn baby girl found on the road near the residence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay near Chennai on Thursday (November 5, 2026). A senior official of the Greater Chennai Police said, in the early morning on Thursday when residents of Neelankarai were out for a walk in Kapaleeswarar Nagar where the Chief Minister resides, the walkers heard the cries of an infant and found a baby girl with umbilical chord intact having been abandoned on the walkway of the 4th main road.Immediately, the residents alerted the Neelankarai police station who rescued the abandoned infant. The police officials provided first aid, and shifted the baby girl to the Government Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children in Egmore for further medical care. The police, based on CCTV camera footage, have identified two women who had abandoned the infant and are investigating. Published - November 06, 2026 04:21 pm IST