One-month-old baby kidnapped from GMC premises

PANAJI: An unidentified woman kidnapped a one-month-old male child from his mother at the Goa Medical College (GMC), Bambolim on Friday evening, at around 4pm. The child was not a patient at GMC.
According to police officials, the victim child’s mother was standing with the infant near the coffee shop within the hospital premises. The accused woman approached the mother and pleaded for food. The accused convinced the mother to purchase food for her and to allow her to hold the child while the mother buys the food items.
The child’s mother went to the coffee shop, but on her return was shocked to see the accused woman and her child missing from the spot. The mother raised an alarm and police personnel posted at the GMC outpost rushed to the spot. However, on carrying out a search, the accused woman could not be traced.
Different teams of police officials were formed to carry out searches across the state and nakabandis were carried out at different points. The search for the accused was on till late Friday night.
Police also examined the CCTV footage at GMC for clues on the accused.
A motorcycle pilot stationed outside the hospital said that the accused hired him for a ride till Panaji bus stand, where she got off with the infant.
Officials said that from the manner in which the mother was targeted, and the accused woman was untraceable from the spot of the crime within minutes, it appears to be an organised crime racket.
The child and the mother are natives of Orissa.