Pregnant woman arrested for kidnapping newborn from Karachi hospital

Police arrested a pregnant woman for kidnapping a newborn boy from a charity hospital in Karachi’s Baldia Town on Thursday. The baby was recovered during a police raid at her house.

According to the police, the accused Sabiha told during the initial inquiry that a nurse had sold the baby to her for Rs 30,000.

As per reports, the woman, who was 37 weeks pregnant and a mother of two daughters, confessed that she committed the crime under pressure from her in-laws to bear a boy. After the medical report, the woman found out that she was expecting a girl after which she decided to kidnap a baby boy around her delivery date to “avert social pressure”.

Police said that they did not find the husband of the accused involved in the crime.  The woman has been handed over to the Anti-Violence Cell and an investigation is underway.

Atallah, the uncle of the abducted child, said that the rescue of the child was carried out with the help of a lady doctor and her brother.

The cloth wrapped around the newborn was shown on social media and TV channels with the news that a woman had kidnapped the child and escaped from the municipal hospital.

 The lady doctor’s brother chased the suspect and visited the house. He informed the police after which the child was recovered.