Bhubaneswar, Dec. 27 -- Bolangir: Police on Monday morning rescued a three-year-old girl, sitting next to the body of her mother, from a rented house near Shiva temple in Sagarpada area in Bolangir.

Preliminary investigation by the Bolangir Town Police suggested that baby girl's mother might have died some two-three days back. The girl, who has been reportedly starving since the last three days, has been provided water and food by the neighbours.

The woman used to work as domestic help in the locality and lived with her only daughter in the one-room house.

"She came here around one-and-half years back with the baby and told us that she was disowned by her parents as well as her in-laws. She asked me to allow her to live in the vacant r...