Police to unite mother and baby

ROURKELA, April 21: In a quick turn of fate, a mother, who had lost her child only after six days of delivery, will get the baby back, thanks to the Rourkela Police.
Subanti Mahakud (20), a resident of Rajiv Colony, was married to Manoj Mahakud, in April last year. As their relationship soured, her husband left her after nine months into marriage.
The ailing woman was pregnant and her parents were unable to meet her medical expenses. But they could get her cured. But when the time for her delivery came nearer they were worried about how to meet delivery expenses.
Anjalika, a private midwife of Birajapalli, came forward to help her. Subanti delivered a boy on 9 April. After six days of the delivery, she found her baby missing.
The midwife, who consoled Subanti all the time, kept her confined to her home and did not allow her to go anywhere. It was only yesterday that she managed to escape from her confinement and informed Mr DS Kutte, the SP of Rourkela.
Mr Kutte appointed Mr S Satpathy, ASP of Rourkela as the investigating officer. Police investigation revealed a very different story. The girl’s father took away the child and deposited her with Global Village, an organisation devoted to take care of destitute children.
The reason he gave was that the child was underweight and sick.
He also pleaded that the family was not in a position to take care of the newborn. According to Mr Kutte, Global Agency found the child in a critical condition.
It was then shifted to the Sisu Seva Sadan in Cuttack. “But as the mother is searching for the baby frantically we are going to bring him back tomorrow,” he added.