Hyderabad, April 14: The kidnap of an infant from a private hospital at Chaderghat on Monday ended on a happy note with the seven-day baby girl traced at Madhapur within 24 hours of the abduction. The `apologetic’ kidnappers abandoned the infant on the roadside near Cyber Towers with a note to its founders to inform the hospital authorities from where she had been stolen.
Around 10.20 a.m, some office-bound IT employees at the Cyber Towers heard the cries of a baby from a vanity bag lying on the roadside. On opening it, they found an infant wrapped in a cotton cloth. They informed the 108 emergency services and the Madhapur police who rushed to the spot and shifted the baby girl to a nearby hospital.
The Madhapur police, who were already aware of the kidnap due to the wide publicity it got in newspapers and electronic media, immediately informed the Sultan Bazar division assistant commissioner of police about the tracing of the infant.
Chaderghat police sub-inspector Mohd Riyazuddin along with the infant’s mother rushed to the hospital and identified the baby.
“Please call Zaibunnissa hospital at Chaderghat,” were the words written on the cotton cloth by the abductors.
Imtiyaz hospital, from where the baby was stolen, is popularly known as Dr Zaibunnissa hospital in the Malakpet area after the lady doctor who is the managing director of the hospital.
“The abductors apologised for kidnapping the baby. They wrote `sorry’ thrice on the cloth,” Riyazuddin told the Expresso.
The infant was later shifted to the Imtiyaz hospital for necessary tests and was discharged by evening.
“As the infant was abandoned in hot sun and was away from her mother for hours, all necessary tests were conducted to ascertain her state of health.
She was handed over to her mother after confirming that she was normal,” Riyazuddin said.
MBT Corporator from Azampura Amjedullah Khan appreciated the efforts of the police and the role of media in ensuring the safe return of the infant.
The relieved police, including East Zone DCP Mahesh Chandra Laddha, celebrated the infant’s safe return with sweets at the Imtiyaz hospital.
–Agencies–