Couple Arrested For Stealing Infant From Government Hospital In Odisha
NDTV
The theft took place on Monday evening and the couple was arrested yesterday, Cuttack deputy commissioner of police Pinak Misra said.
A newborn was stolen from the ICU of state-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttak and the police has arrested a couple for trying to paint the theft as a baby swapping case, officials said today.
The theft took place on Monday evening and the couple was arrested yesterday, Cuttack deputy commissioner of police Pinak Misra said.
The woman was arrested after she went to the hospital yesterday and claimed that she had given birth to a baby boy but on reaching home after her discharge on Monday found that she had taken with her an infant girl. She also produced a discharge certificate of the hospital to prove her point.
Mr Misra and the hospital official said that the discharge certificate was found to be a fake and the woman was seen in the hospital CCTV footage as coming out of the ICU carrying the infant and walking down the corridor.
