Stolen Newborn Rescued in Ctg; 3 Held

Chattogram EPZ police rescued a newborn child from the East Barkhain area of Anwara Upazila on Tuesday morning, two days after it was stolen from the second floor of Mamata Matrisadan Clinic in the city.

The law enforcers also arrested a couple and their assistant in this connection, said the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of EPZ Police Station Abdul Karim.

Tasmin Akhtar, wife of Md Shahid of Gahira area of Anwara Upazila, gave birth to the child on Friday, added the OC.

Raihan Uddin, uncle of the stolen newborn, said the child was delivered by cesarean section on the second floor of the clinic.

On Sunday afternoon, a woman pretending to be a nurse took the newborn to the ground floor of the clinic to be given an injection.

After going to the ground floor and searching, the child was not found. Later, CCTV footage showed a woman walking away with the newborn, he added._UNB