Kolkata cop saves three-month old baby

BARASAT: A cop from Kolkata Police crime branch rescued a three-month-old baby, lying near Barasat court, on Monday night. While returning from duty, Chiranjeet Dutta of crime branch, a resident of Barasat, found the baby lying on a poorly lit street. After a brief search, he found a “mentally unstable” woman sleeping around 100 metres away. She claimed to be the mother of the baby.
“None lent me a helping hand. I came across one of my friends and we alerted Barasat police about the matter,” said Dutta, who had guarded the baby for nearly an hour till cops arrived on the spot. The woman from Chhoto Jagulia, nearly 14km from Barasat, was looking for some food but no shop was open in the area owing to the lockdown. Cops gave the woman some money, food, milk and water, and arranged a vehicle for her, along with her child, to return home.
“It would have been disastrous, had the baby been lying unattended in the place that was full of stray dogs and strangers,” added Dutta.