Hitesh Kumar Sirohi, the trader, rescued the girl and fed her milk using cotton. The girl is currently admitted to a private hospital.

DCW said that the 15-year-old girl was sold by her mother for Rs 1 lakh

In his initial complaint to the police, however, the woman's father had alleged she and some other girls were sexually harassed by Chinmayanand.

The baby girl, who was wrapped in a plastic bag, was then pulled out by a pack of stray dogs who started barking and thereby alerted the passers-by who called the police.

The girl had been pleading for help since 2 am last night. "Mujhe bahar nikalo," had been her repeated plea, a rescue worker told PTI.

The Garhwa district in Jharkhand has launched a toll-free number with the name 'Beti Bataao' which brings a feedback mechanism to the government’s ambitious project 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'.

Researchers found the most important routes from social media use to depressive symptoms were shown to be via poor sleep and online harassment.

The schoolgirls, all minors, belong to the Government Kasturba Girl's High School, informed the police.

The police said the reason for their escape would be investigated.

Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi says what has really changed for her over the years is an understanding that some of us are far more privileged than we realise and “we need to look around the world a little more”.