Kolkata, Oct 15
A woman and her daughter have been arrested for stealing a newborn from Burdwan Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal, police said on Wednesday.
Rinki Khatun, alias Rumki Khatun and her mother, Minira Bibi, were arrested on Tuesday night.
Acting on information that an 18-year-old boy had been stolen from Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, the police sprang into action and started an investigation.
During preliminary investigation, it came to the fore that the incident occurred when the baby's mother, Selefah Khatun, had brought him to the outdoor children's ward for a doctor's visit.
Selefah Khatun and her mother were sitting along with the child on the veranda of the maternity ward. At that time, a woman came to them and asked to caress the child. Suddenly, the woman took the child in her arms and fled the scene.