Overview
- The case, which surfaced Wednesday when staff checked a clogged toilet, traces back to a blockage noticed Tuesday night in the A41 building of Foxconn’s Devanahalli campus.
- Police used CCTV to identify a 19-year-old operator, named in reports as Renuka, as the mother, and she is receiving hospital care after complications from the delivery.
- Officers registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and have now booked the worker for murder, with findings from the post-mortem guiding any further charges.
- Preliminary accounts from police say the baby was killed shortly after birth and the body concealed in the washroom, though those details await confirmation from forensic reports.
- Foxconn says it is cooperating with the probe and supporting employees, as the incident renews concerns about dormitory workers’ access to prenatal care and support on large manufacturing campuses.