Miracle boy suffers minor head injury, leg fracture

Miracle boy turns three-day-old today.

The infant, who miraculously survived a four-storey fall on Monday, was diagnosed with a slight injury in his head and legs yesterday, informed police.

"There are some injury marks on both sides of the head and a fracture on left leg," Moshiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Ramna Police Station told The Daily Star, quoting doctors of Ad-din hospital, where the baby was admitted after his rescue.

"Dhaka Metropolitan Police will bear the treatment cost and we have informed doctors to continue treatment without negligence," he emphasised.

The newborn's mother, undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital could not provide the cops with the correct address of the alleged rapist, her brother-in-law, he added.

"Once she recovers, we will conduct a drive to find him in Comilla, where the incident took place," he said.  

The 15-year-old mother, who works for an elderly couple, delivered the out-of-wedlock child in her employer's house on Monday morning with the help of another girl who also works for the couple.

"We questioned the other girl, aged around 13 years, to learn about the incident," said Mashiur.

"The parents of the teenage girl heard about the incident from a girl who worked in another apartment in the neighbourhood. They said they want do not want any part of it and refused to visit their daughter," the OC added.   

The teenage mother dropped the baby through the window of the flat, wrapping him in a plastic shopping bag, in fear of social stigma.

The baby fell on the roof of a nearby tin-roof shop. Hearing his screams, local shopkeepers rescued and took him to Ad-din Women's Medical College Hospital in Moghbazar.

"Forensic test was conducted yesterday and we will conduct test to identify her age today," said Bilkis Begum, one-stop crisis centre coordinator. Sample from the baby would be collected for identifying his father through DNA tests later, Bilkis told The Daily Star.

"Two cases will be filed. One against the girl for attempting to murder the baby and another against the brother-in-law for alleged rape," she said.