A new born baby girl died in the Andhra Pradesh after a doctor and midwife allegedly dumped her near a temple. The police have arrested both of them according to a report by the news magazine India Todays website.

The police said that the duo allegedly dumped her near a temple after she was abandoned by her mother at a nursing home in Andhra Pradeshs Krishna district. The mother was unmarried and the baby was abandoned in a local private nursing home in Machilipatnam on October 1.

The nursing home staff led by a doctor named Dhanwantari Srinivasacharya and midwife was identified as Baby Rani, on the same day had allegedly left the newborn near Sri Venkateswarasamy temple.

On October 2, locals in the area informed the police who admitted her to the district government hospital and the doctors referred her to another facility in Vijayawada. But, she was declared dead at the facility on the same day.

According to police, one more doctor, who was on duty in the delivery room when the mother gave birth to the baby is also involved in the case but is currently absconding.

According to inspector M Venkatanarayana at the Chilkalapudi police station, the two were arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by Machilipatnam Village Revenue Officer Sudhakar, where the case has been registered. The investigation is in progress.