Baby found in box floating on Ganges

NEW DELHI: Indian police said yesterday they have launched an investigation after a newborn baby was found alive and well in a wooden box floating on the Ganges River.

The box was lined with red cloth and contained images of Hindu gods as well as a horoscope giving the date and time of the girl’s birth and name, Ganga – the Hindi word for the holy river.

The child, thought to be around a month old, was recovered earlier this week in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh by a man in a boat in bushes at the river’s edge.

The baby was fine and receiving medical attention, police said.