Police and the Dhaka University authorities on Wednesday recovered a dead newborn from campus.

The university proctorial team found the dead newborn in an open space behind the central library on the campus around noon.

‘We found crows biting a newborn at noon. Later we informed the matter to police and proctor [AKM Golam Rabbani] sir. Police later recovered the dead newborn. It Looked like the newborn was left here a few days ago,’ said Saiful Islam, a member of the proctorial team.

Proctor Rabbani could not be reached for comments.