Kalaburagi police rescue newborn kidnapped from GIMS hospital

The Kalaburagi City police rescued an eight-hour-old baby boy that was kidnapped from the Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) Hospital on Monday noon, and reunited him with his mother on Wednesday morning.

Police Commissioner Sharanappa S.D., addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, said three women, identified as Umeera Owaiz Shaikh, Nasreen Banu Abdul Raheem Shaikh, and Fatima Fayaaz Shaikh, residents of MSK Mill locality, have been arrested. A complaint would be registered against the couple who offered to buy the baby from the abductors, Mr. Sharanappa added.

The incident happened on Monday afternoon when two women came as nurses and took away the baby of Ramakrishna and Kasturi, residents of Chittapur taluk, on the pretext of collecting blood samples.

Ramkrishna lodged a case on Monday evening, nearly four hours after the kidnapping. The Kalaburagi police formed three special teams and deployed 80 to 100 police personnel to trace the acussed. Besides the crime department officials, auto drivers were also roped in. The police got leads with the help of CCTV camera footage and eyewitnesses.

During preliminary interrogation, the accused confessed that they had kidnapped the newborn to sell him for ₹50,000 to a childless couple. They had received ₹25,000 in advance. It was clear negligence on the part of the authorities at GIMS hospital, as they neither lodged a complaint nor informed the police about the incident.

Published - November 27, 2024 08:29 pm IST