<i>Infant taken to baby care home from Ctg jail</i>
The confined three-and-a-half-month old infant was taken from Chittagong jail to a baby care home on Thursday.
The infant - a baby girl, along with her self-claimed and mentally disabled 'mother' Mubaraka Khanam had been behind the bars since January 14, as the relationship between them could not be confirmed.
With police suspecting Mubaraka as a baby thief a court on January 28 ordered for sending the infant to a baby care home -- Chhotomoni Nibash in Roufabad.
The baby girl was taken to Chhotomoni Nibash under the supervision of Department of Social Service (DSS) after the court order reached the jail authorities, sources said.
At the directive of the DSS higher authorities led by Deputy Superintendent Bandana Das took the baby under their custody when her self-claimed mother was behind the bar.
Residents of Madhyam Rampura in Halishahar stopped Mubaraka Khanam, 30, wife of Kaisarul Islam of Chakaria in Cox's Bazar, when she was wandering aimlessly with the baby on January 13. The locals turned them in to police finding inconsistency in her statement and filed a GD with Halishahar Police Station accusing her of stealing the baby.
A metropolitan magistrate's court sent the two to jail the next day.
The Daily Star ran a report on the incident on Wednesday, drawing huge attention.
While talking to The Daily Star, DSS Chittagong Deputy Director Begum Halima Akteri said, “We could have taken steps to bring the baby under our custody had we heard of the court order.”
“However, we spent no time in bringing the baby to the baby care home before 2:00pm on the day when we learnt about the matter from the news report,” she added.
Assistant Commissioner of CMP Double Mooring Circle Iltutmish said they were trying to hand over the baby girl to her parents.
"We asked our men (district police) at Chakaria to investigate into the incident to know the whereabouts of Mubaraka and are waiting for their reports," said the AC.
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