Stolen baby rescued

A two-year-old baby boy, allegedly stolen from Bagachhara Bazar in Satkhira's Sharsha upazila on Wednesday, was rescued from Sonabaria village in Kalaroa upazila on Saturday.

Police also arrested Salma Khatun, 23, and Lutfar Gazi, 55, of Sonabaria village, in this connection, In-Charge of Bagachhara Police Outpost Uttam Kumar Biswas said.

Police said an unidentified woman, in guise of an NGO worker, went to the house of one Ashraful's house in Bagachhara area on Wednesday and lured his wife, also mother of the minor boy, of giving her Tk 30,000 after enlisting her as one of the beneficiaries of her NGO.

Accordingly, she took Ashraful's wife and father to Bagachhara Bazar and while they were having breakfast the unidentified lady fled scene with the baby.

On Saturday, a team of Bagachhara police with the help of Sharsha police and PBI rescued the baby boy from Sonabaria village.