Housemaid arrested after attempted baby kidnapping foiled in Hyderabad

A child kidnapping attempt was foiled by alert staff and the security personnel at the Government Maternity Hospital Sultan Bazaar on Thursday, November 7, when a 45-year-old woman tried to take away a newborn from the hospital’s labour room.

The accused, Askari Begum, is a housemaid by profession



and a resident of Nehru Nagar Rein Bazaar. On Tuesday night, she entered the labour room located on the ground floor of the hospital and tried to take away a baby boy born to one Rahmathunnisa.

However, her attempts were foiled as she was noticed by the staff and security personnel who sent her away.