June 11th 2024.
On Monday, authorities in Balasore made an arrest in connection with the unsettling theft of a newborn baby boy from the District Headquarters Hospital on Sunday. The Superintendent of Police, Sagarika Nath, announced that the 40-year-old suspect, Sandhya Patra, also known as Jhampadi, had been apprehended. The baby was successfully rescued and returned to his relieved mother.
According to Nath, the child was taken from the Maternal and Child Health Centre of the hospital in the early hours of Sunday when he was asleep next to his mother, just eight hours after being born. Naturally, the family immediately reported the disappearance to the Town police station. In response, the police launched an investigation and thoroughly reviewed CCTV footage from the hospital, nearby bus stands, and the railway station. Eventually, their efforts led them to Sandhya, who was residing in the Jaleswar area.
Thanks to reliable information about her whereabouts, a team from the Town police station, with assistance from the Jaleswar police, raided a house near Block Colony in Shantia village. There, they found Sandhya with the baby and promptly placed her under arrest. The baby was safely rescued and returned to his family. During the interrogation, it was discovered that Sandhya had previously lived in Hyderabad and was planning to sell the baby to a man in that same city.
As the investigation continues, authorities are looking into the possible involvement of the ASHA worker who had accompanied the mother to the hospital for delivery, as well as the hospital's security guard. According to reports, the baby's mother, Anita Dandapata, wife of Purnachandra Dandapata from Kolhachada village, had given birth to the baby boy at the DHH on Saturday. Unfortunately, an unidentified woman took advantage of the chaos and snatched the baby while pretending to take him to see a doctor in the early hours of Sunday.
The police are determined to get to the bottom of this alarming incident and bring all those responsible to justice. The safety and well-being of our community, especially our most vulnerable, must always be our top priority. We urge everyone to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the authorities. Let us all work together to ensure that such heinous crimes do not occur again.
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