Staff Reporter
The police have claimed to have busted a gang involved in the abduction of newborns
from hospitals and maternity homes in Karachi.. Senior Superintendent Police West Fida Hussain told
the journalists that police, on a tip-off, conducted raid near a private hospital in Orangi Town and
arrested a woman among two members of the gang.He said that the suspects were trying to kidnap a
newborn child from the hospital. The police officer said that the gang was involved in kidnapping and
selling of newborn children. The SSP maintained that the police have registered a case against the
suspects and launched investigations. Last year on June 25, an alleged kidnapper had caught on camera,
taking away newborn from the hospital’s maternity ward lobby in a shopping bag.A veiled woman who
could be seen clearly in the video had an infant in her arms before entering the hospital’s washroom
who was nowhere to be seen as she had come out of it. She had a shopping bag in her hand which she
had not carry previously. According to reports, the family of the newborn had revealed the identity of
the woman, revealing her name to be Ulfat. Moreover, police last December busted a bike lifting ‘Bacha
gang’ in Karachi and arrested its three members from Azizabad. As per details, three members of the
gang were held in a successful action.
