The High Court (HC) ordered Wednesday judicial investigation into the stealing of a newborn at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on August 21, reports UNB.
The court directed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka to assign a magistrate to conduct investigation into the incident.
It also issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks as to whey legal action will not be taken against persons concerned for their failure to take necessary steps to save the newborn.
The health secretary, the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services, the DMCH DG, chief of the DMCH ward concerned and its registrar have been made respondents to the rule.
The court directed the law enforcers to provide assistance to the magistrate concerned during the judicial enquiry and to provide security to the family of the missing child.
Asking the CMM to submit a report within four weeks, the court fixed October 20 for next hearing in this regard.
The HC bench comprising Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Abu Taher M Saifur Rahman came up with the suo moto orders and rule following a report headlined 'Baby Stealing at DMCH: Culprit fled as CCTV went off' published in an English daily on Wednesday.
A woman, Ruma Akhter, gave birth to a pair of twins at the Infant ward of DMCH on August 20. However, one of her babies was stolen in the morning of August 21.
None of the 53 CCTV cameras at the country's premier government hospital had been in use when the baby was stolen.
HC orders judicial probe into baby stealing at DMCH
FE Team | Published: August 28, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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