Four arrested in baby-swap, DNA tests in another case

A day after the baby-swapping drama ended on a happy note with handing over of the baby boy to his mother, police today arrested four person...

A day after the baby-swapping drama ended on a happy note with handing over of the baby boy to his mother, police today arrested four persons, including three employees of the government maternity hospital, for their alleged involvement in the case.

Three staff members of Nayapul Maternity Hospital — Surendra Raju, Suryakala and Vijaya Mary — and Shaik Naseer, husband of Mahmooda Begum from whom the boy was recovered, were taken into custody by the CID sleuths, police said.

The accused were arrested under various sections of the IPC on charges of cheating, alteration of documents and causing injury, they said.

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The four were later produced in a local court which remanded them to two-weeks’ judicial custody.

In a second suspected child-swap case in Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh, a court today gave permission to police to bring the couple, who lodged a complaint of swapping of their baby boy, for DNA test here.

According to a report from Karimnagar, J. Rajeshwari (20) and her husband Rajaiah had complained to Godavarikhani police station on Saturday alleging that their baby boy was swapped for a baby girl at a private hospital.

Police had approached Godavarikhani court which issued the order for the couple’s DNA test.

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The girl, born on May 6, was referred to Niloufer Hospital here after she was found sick and her condition is stable, police said adding, her blood samples would also be brought here for DNA test today.

The couple is expected here by this evening for the test, Godavarikhani police inspector Surender Reddy said.