Stolen newborn rescued
Police recovered a baby girl, which was stolen from the capital's Mitford Hospital on April 4, in Palashbari upazila of Gaibandha on Sunday.
Suman Ahmed and Salma Begum of Gandaria in the city have claimed to be the parents of the baby after identifying it seeing a birthmark on its baby.
Police said a DNA test will be conducted soon to confirm their claim.
Mitford Hospital authorities filed a case with Kotwali Police Station on April 4 over the theft of the baby.
Kotwali Sub-inspector SM Rakibul Haque said a woman in veil took the baby, born on April 2, away from Salma's mother duping her at the hospital on April 4.
"We have got a message that a baby was found in Nuniabari of Palashbari upazila, Gaibandha. We went there with the claiming parents of the baby lost on April 4. They identified the baby seeing a birthmark on its body. We handed the baby over to them."
The baby was recovered from the house of Saju, a small shop owner at Palashbari bus stand. Saju told police that a woman in veil kept the baby in an empty house near the bus stand and went missing.
He recovered the baby and started raising it after filing a general diary (GD) with Palashbari Police Station.
"The birthmarks that the parents of the baby stated to the police and to the villagers before seeing the baby in Gaibandha matched," said SI Rakibul.
"But the date of the GD says the baby was found on April 2. It might be a mistake of enlisting the date. A DNA test will be conducted to confirm that Suman and Salma are the parents of the baby," he said.
Suman said they have no objection in letting police conduct a DNA test for confirmation.
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