Infant stolen from Bogra hospital

A three-day-old baby boy was stolen from a hospital in Bogra town yesterday morning.

The grandmother of the child, Rehena Begum, told The Daily Star that a woman in hijab started a conversation with the child's mother Hosne Ara Friday night at the gynaecology ward of Bogra Mohammad Ali District Hospital. She told Hosne Ara that she was with another patient in the ward.

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When Rehana went upstairs to take the baby into the sun light around 10:00am yesterday, the woman in the veil went up with her and they chatted there for a little while.

Rehana wanted more clothes for the baby and needed to go downstairs for those. The woman offered to hold the baby during that time.

When Rehana returned with the clothes about five minutes later, there was no woman there.

The father, Rubel Uddin, of Jhopgari filed a general diary with Bogra Police Station. He said it was their first child.

The hospital authority hung a notice to raise awareness about theft of babies.

The department in-charge, Shanjida Akhter, said they had been advising parents to refrain from letting strangers hold their newborns.