<i>Bid to steal child at DMCH</i>
A youth was detained while he was allegedly stealing a four-year-old child of a patient admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Sunday.
The boy's father Ruhul Amin said at around 5:00pm his wife Koli Akhter, 20, was admitted to ward No. 210 on the first floor with liver disease.
Amin said he was sleeping beside his wife. At one stage he came to know that the boy, Hridoy, was missing.
When Koli raised a scream her husband and hospital staff ran to different gates of the hospital.
A hospital attendant of the ward, Parveen, who saw the boy on the lap of a young man, shouted for help. Amin, his wife, some of the hospital staff and local people then rushed to the place and caught him near the emergency department gate and rescued him.
The mob beat the youth, identified as 'Nadim', and handed him over to Shahbagh police.
The youth said he came to the hospital to take a stroll. When he went out of the hospital the minor boy was following him. He claimed that he asked the boy whether he would like juice. When the boy replied positively he took him on his lap and was taking him to buy juice for him.
Amin filed a case with Shahbagh Police Station accusing 'Nadim'.
The police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sirajul Islam said they were investigating the incident.
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