India, Jan. 20 -- The body of a week-old newborn boy was found inside a park in northeast Delhi's New Usmanpur area last week, police officers said, adding that they suspect the baby was abandoned in bushes in the park last Wednesday or Thursday by an unidentified man.

Police on Monday said they have registered a murder case and are trying to identify the baby's family as well as the person who abandoned him.

It is not yet clear whether the baby was killed and his body dumped in the park, or whether he was abandoned there and died due to exposure to cold and other factors, police said.

According to officials, the body was spotted by a passerby inside Shyamgiri Park around 12.06 pm on Thursday. A police team reached the spot, cordoned o...