Teen Worker Kills Newborn in Foxconn Toilet
- A teenage employee gave birth in a Foxconn factory toilet in Bengaluru and slit the baby's throat. - Renuka, working at the Devanahalli plant, dumped the body in a bag after the act. - Incident shocks the Apple supplier's facility, prompting police investigation (ndtv.com).
A 19-year-old Foxconn worker is accused of killing her newborn after giving birth in a factory toilet at the company’s Devanahalli plant near Bengaluru. (ndtv.com) Police identified the worker as Renuka and said the baby was delivered inside the restroom during her shift on Wednesday, April 22. Another employee entered the toilet, found the body, and alerted authorities. (ndtv.com) Multiple local reports said investigators believe the birth happened suddenly when she went to the washroom, and that she then put the body in a bag. She was admitted to a hospital for treatment, and police registered a case. (moneycontrol.com) (oneindia.com) The case has drawn attention because the Devanahalli site is one of Foxconn’s newest iPhone manufacturing hubs in India, part of Apple’s broader shift to expand production outside China. Karnataka minister M.B. Patil said in August 2025 that Foxconn had started iPhone 17 production at the Bengaluru facility. (thehindu.com) The plant also ramped up hiring quickly. News reports in December 2025 said Foxconn had hired about 30,000 workers at Devanahalli in eight to nine months, with women making up roughly 80% of the workforce and many recruits in the 19-to-24 age group. (business-standard.com) (news18.com) Police have not publicly released a fuller account of how the pregnancy went unnoticed at the factory or whether anyone else will face scrutiny. Oneindia reported that investigators are examining both the sequence inside the restroom and workplace conditions at the unit. (oneindia.com) Foxconn is Apple’s main contract manufacturer, and the Bengaluru unit has been central to Karnataka’s push to build a large electronics corridor around the airport at Devanahalli. State officials have previously projected tens of thousands of jobs from the Foxconn investment there. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (thehindu.com) For now, the criminal investigation is focused on what happened in the restroom on April 22 and the medical evidence gathered afterward. The worker remained under treatment as of reports published on April 23. (ndtv.com) (moneycontrol.com)
