The infant’s condition is critical.
In an extremely shocking incident, an -18-day-old baby boy was thrown off the roof of a hospital building in Kalyanpur area of Kanpur by his own aunt early Monday morning.
Accused Sarita Devi, who was babysitting the infant of her sister-in-law Alka threw the new born from the first floor of the hospital, has been arrested. The incident was captured on the CCTV camera.
Sarita, herself a mother of three girls, has confessed her crime and stated that she did this out of ‘jealousy’ as she had no son.
“The baby boy Anmol was admitted to Shyam Maternity and Children’s Hospital in Indira Nagar, a few days ago for septicaemia. Owing to some important work, his father, Sarvesh Kumar of Tirwa Kannaui, and mother Alka had gone to their native village, leaving the boy under the care of his aunt Sarita Devi,” the police said.
Sarita raised an alarm around 5 am about the child missing from the paediatric ward of the hospital.
The hospital authorities then informed the police and during the search operation, the police heard cries of a baby coming from the adjacent block of the hospital.
On a closer look, the police found the infant entangled in an iron grill some 30 ft below the roof. A ward boy climbed down and brought the infant out. The condition of the infant is critical.
“Anmol got entangled in the grill. The baby was critically injured and struggling hard to breathe. By the grace God, he didn’t fall on the ground,” wardboy Pankaj Katiyar said.
The police went through the CCTV footage and found Sarita heading with the baby wrapped in a towel towards the roof around 3.30 am.
“She was arrested and a case registered against her,” station house officer Kalyan pur, Rajdeo Prajapati said.
“The baby boy is in a critical condition and has been kept on ventilator. He suffered injuries on head and other parts of the body. We are yet to conduct an MRI to see whether more internal organs have been damaged. He is also suffering form septicaemia,” a doctor said.
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