The Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday said that they launched an investigation after a baby was found alive in a wooden box floating on the river Ganga.

The box contained red cloth, images of gods and a horoscope mentioning date and time of the girl’s birth and her name, Ganga.

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Ganga, believed to be around a month old, was recovered earlier this week in Uttar Pradesh by a man in a boat in bushes at the river’s edge.

“It is difficult to ascertain how long she had been floating in the river. The boatman heard a sound coming from the box and that’s how he found the baby,” local police official OP Singh told AFP.

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“The baby is fine and is currently receiving medical attention. The government will take care of everything,” Singh said. “We are trying to figure out where she came from.”