Couple caught trying to steal newborn baby

RAWALPINDI: A couple, allegedly caught red-handed while trying to steal a newborn baby from the gynaecology ward of the Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) on Thursday night was sent to jail by a local court on Friday. On Thursday night, a young woman, in a doctor’s attire, appeared in the ward and started examining the newborn baby. During the examination, the hospital staff got suspicious as they had never seen her before. When the hospital staff asked the woman to prove her identity, she faield to do so. The woman and her husband, who had been roaming outside the ward, were handed over to the police who registered a case against them. The arrested couple, who belong to Lahore, got married four years ago. After suffering two miscarriages, the couple had decided to kidnap a baby from the hospital. The couple was produced before the court of area magistrate, for remand custody, but the court sent them to Adiala jail for two weeks.