A 19-year-old woman gave birth to a baby on board a moving sleeper coach bus in Maharashtra's Parbhani district, but she and a man claiming to be her husband allegedly threw the newborn out of the window, resulting in the child's death, police said.

The incident occurred around 6:30 AM on Tuesday on the Pathri-Selu Road and came to light after an alert citizen noticed something being thrown out of the bus wrapped in cloth, an official stated, reported news agency PTI. 

The woman, identified as Ritika Dhere, was travelling to Parbhani from Pune with Altaf Shaikh, who claimed to be her husband, in a sleeper coach bus operated by Sant Prayag Travels.