<p>Jajpur: A woman and her newborn son were allegedly abandoned by her husband and in-laws soon after the childbirth at a government hospital in Odisha's Jajpur district.</p><p>The woman claimed that her husband used to say that he had married someone else also. The man is absconding.</p><p>According to officials, Dali Mallick of Ali block in Kendrapara district was admitted to Jajpur District Headquarters Hospital here by her husband, identified as Chandan Mallick, on January 1.</p><p>She gave birth to a baby boy two days later.</p><p>However, Chandan and his family members allegedly fled leaving Dali and the newborn baby in the hospital due to an earlier family feud.</p><p>As Dali was in the hospital bed, she did not know that her family members had run away.</p><p>She started searching for her husband and in-laws in the hospital on Wednesday and when she failed to find them, she called her husband over the phone, but he did not respond.</p><p>"We saw the woman crying at the hospital with her newborn baby. We came to know that her husband and in-laws had abandoned her at the hospital. We could only give her some food and console her," said Sarada Das, an attendant in the hospital.</p><p>On receiving the information, police reached the hospital and both the mother and the newborn baby were handed over to the District Child Protection Unit.</p><p>"After admitting me to the hospital, my husband and in-laws fled. He often said that he had married another woman and would not accept me," said Dali.</p><p>Police said Dali who hails from Jajpur district had tied the knot with Chandan Mallick, who is a resident of neighbouring Kendrapara district in 2021.</p><p>The Child Welfare Committee officials said that action will be taken against Chandan for neglecting his wife and newborn baby.</p>
<p>Jajpur: A woman and her newborn son were allegedly abandoned by her husband and in-laws soon after the childbirth at a government hospital in Odisha's Jajpur district.</p><p>The woman claimed that her husband used to say that he had married someone else also. The man is absconding.</p><p>According to officials, Dali Mallick of Ali block in Kendrapara district was admitted to Jajpur District Headquarters Hospital here by her husband, identified as Chandan Mallick, on January 1.</p><p>She gave birth to a baby boy two days later.</p><p>However, Chandan and his family members allegedly fled leaving Dali and the newborn baby in the hospital due to an earlier family feud.</p><p>As Dali was in the hospital bed, she did not know that her family members had run away.</p><p>She started searching for her husband and in-laws in the hospital on Wednesday and when she failed to find them, she called her husband over the phone, but he did not respond.</p><p>"We saw the woman crying at the hospital with her newborn baby. We came to know that her husband and in-laws had abandoned her at the hospital. We could only give her some food and console her," said Sarada Das, an attendant in the hospital.</p><p>On receiving the information, police reached the hospital and both the mother and the newborn baby were handed over to the District Child Protection Unit.</p><p>"After admitting me to the hospital, my husband and in-laws fled. He often said that he had married another woman and would not accept me," said Dali.</p><p>Police said Dali who hails from Jajpur district had tied the knot with Chandan Mallick, who is a resident of neighbouring Kendrapara district in 2021.</p><p>The Child Welfare Committee officials said that action will be taken against Chandan for neglecting his wife and newborn baby.</p>