Newborn girl stolen from UP's Kalyanpur hospital

KANPUR: A new born girl was stolen from Bara Sirohi Community Health Centre in Kalyanpur area of the city a few hours after her birth on Friday.
The mother of the baby girl was resting when the child was stolen from the maternity ward of the CHC.
On getting information about the incident, when police reached, and scanned the footage of the CCTV installed in the hospital, a woman was captured carrying the infant in her lap and leaving the hospital in a huff.
Manoj Kumar, a private worker and a resident of Siteypur village in Panki, in his complaint to the police stated that his wife Sushma Devi gave birth to a baby girl when he was taking her to hospital in an ambulance late on Thursday night.
Later, the mother and the child were admitted to Bara Sirohi CHC. Mahesh said his mother Krishna was present in the hospital to look after his wife Sushma.
“Around 10 am, his mother left the ward to bring water but in the meantime, a woman roaming in the ward, after showing friendly overtures, inquired Sushma about her well-being. The woman told Sushma that her relative is also undergoing treatment at the hospital. Thereafter, she lifted the baby from the cradle on the pretext of caressing. Before Sushma could realise her intention, she disappeared from the hospital in seconds,” he said.
The doctors and nurses were alerted of the child theft. A frantic search was launched, but when they couldn’t find the baby, they approached the police.
Later, the police rushed to the spot and initiated investigations. They scanned the CCTV cameras installed inside and outside the hospital.
Inspector Kalyanpur police station Devendra Kumar Dubey said the CCTV footage shows that a woman in a ‘sari' was leaving the ward with the girl in her lap.
ACP Kalyanpur Vikas Kumar Pandey said, "An FIR has been registered and separate teams have been formed and dispatched to the possible locations for an early recovery of the child, besides arrest of the suspect."