Nampally Police rescue infant kidnapped from Niloufer Hospital, found near Kurnool

Hyderabad: In a swift and coordinated operation, the Nampally police rescued an infant who was kidnapped from Niloufer Hospital on Saturday.

The one-month-old baby boy, abducted from the children’s hospital in Hyderabad’s Nampally, was traced near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, the same night. A woman accused of kidnapping the child was apprehended by the police. Both the accused and the infant were brought back to Hyderabad.

According to police, Mohammed Gaffar and Haseena Begum, residents of Zaheerabad, had admitted their baby boy to a hospital in their hometown on October 23. After three weeks of treatment, the doctors referred the baby to Niloufer Hospital in Hyderabad for further treatment.

The doctors at the Niloufer hospital treated the infant and discharged him on Saturday. An unknown woman took the baby from the mother while she and her husband went to the counter to collect the discharge summary. When the parents returned, the woman, along with the baby, had disappeared. Despite searching the hospital premises, they were unable to locate the child. Subsequently, they approached the Nampally police, who registered a case under BNS 137 (kidnapping).