Archive · 18 Nov 2025
Infant Abduction: Woman Poses as Nurse, Police Rescue Baby
A lady tricked a new mommy into thinking she was a nurse.
She offered to help with the baby at the hospital.
When the mommy went to get medicine, the lady took the baby and ran away.
The police found the baby and arrested the lady.
The baby was safe with his mommy again.
A woman posing as a nurse abducted an infant from a Kolkata hospital on Monday.
The woman befriended the infant's mother on a bus ride to the hospital and offered to help.
After the child was examined, the mother left the infant with the woman to buy medicine, and both disappeared.
Police rescued the six-month-old baby around 33km away from the hospital later that day.
The alleged kidnapper, Sabina Bibi, was arrested, and the baby was reunited with his mother.
- Who
- Sabina Bibi (alleged kidnapper), the infant's mother
- What
- A woman posed as a nurse and abducted an infant from a hospital
- When
- Monday
- Where
- BC Roy Hospital, Kolkata, India
- Why
- The motive of the abduction is currently unknown
Mother's Perspective
Hospital's Perspective
Responsibility for Child's Safety
Mother's Perspective
The mother may feel responsible for leaving her child with a stranger, even if she appeared to be a nurse.
Hospital's Perspective
The hospital may consider making announcements to caution visitors against leaving children with strangers, but it's challenging to restrict outsiders in the OPD.
- Incident Date
- Monday
- Location
- Kolkata, India
- Hospital
- BC Roy Hospital
- Police Station
- Phoolbagan Police Station
- Rescue Location
- Bhangar, South 24-Parganas
