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KOLAR: A newborn girl died after she was flung from the third floor of the newly constructed district office building in Kolar.

The building, which houses most district-level offices including the deputy commissioner's office, is located on the outskirts of Kolar off the Bangalore-Chennai national highway. The incident came to light when someone spotted the body and alerted police.

It's presumed she was thrown from the toilets attached to the Karnataka Government Insurance Department office on the third floor. Though the lock of the main door of the office was intact, the person or persons entered the toilet by unscrewing the padlock.

Kolar rural sub-inspector S Shivaraj told STOI the incident came to light only on Saturday morning when the offices were opened. He said the body may have been thrown either late Friday evening or Saturday morning. He said since the offices was recently shifted to the new building, no CCTV cameras had been fitted and no video footage was available. According to sources, the body was wrapped in a gunny bag from the KGID office .

