Pollachi Horror! Woman steals newborn from hospital, sent to Central prison

The 50-year-old woman who created a stir in the city after allegedly lifting a 5-day-old baby from a government hospital in Coimbatore's Pollachi town has been arrested by police on Thursday.

The accused has been identified as Mariamma, who is a resident of Udumalpet. She has currently been sent to Coimbatore Central Prison. The child belong to tribal couple, a resident of Narikalpathi village near Annamalai.

According to a report in ANI, as per the parents of the infant, the accused met them in the hospital and told them that her husband had been admitted in the male ward of the same hospital. She urged them to allow her to stay in a female ward with their child. She also promised the couple that she would take care of the child. A few hours later, she ran away with the newborn.

After the parents raised an alarm of the baby's kidnapping to hospital authorities, they examined the CCTV footage of the hospital premises and informed the police in Pollachi, the news agency further reported.

Soon after the Pollachi police taking charge over the matter, they formed a team to nab the accused woman.  The police have registered an First Information Report (FIR) against the woman kidnapper and sent her to Coimbatore Central Prison.