Abandoned baby doing well at shelter

A nine-month-old baby abandoned by a woman in a Dhaka-Jessore bus was doing well yesterday at a shelter home of the Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) at Vekutia, Jessore, said DAM assistant director (Human Rights & Social Justice) Advocate Shirin Naher.
'We are still searching for the baby's parents', she said.
A driver of the Eagle Paribahan bus recently discovered the baby in his vehicle and handed over to Jessore Kotwali police, the official said.
On information, Rights Jessore, a human rights organisation, took charge and brought the baby to the shelter home where the authorities named the baby Mitu Moni, said Advocate Shirin.
Sleeping peacefully in a cot with a toy, Mitu Moni was oblivious to the desperate search for parents, a doctor at the shelter home said. Already doctors and staff of the shelter home have grown attachment to the youngster. A doctor at the home said: Mitu is sleeping peacefully and has been very settled.
The authorities have urged the probable parents or near ones of the baby to contact Md Rashedul Islam, regional officer, Vekutia, Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), Jessore along with proper documents.