The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four female suspected of belonging to a gang specialising in the kidnapping of newborn babies, in a raid conducted in the Lalbagh area of the capital yesterday.
A RAB intelligence team and a female officer made contact with the gang leader, Monoara, 50, under the guise of wanting to buy a baby. The asking price was Tk70,000.
A RAB 3 team then raided the house and arrested four female who were in it at the time.
But Monoara managed to escape.
The arrestees were identified as Farida, 42, Jahanara, 50, Ferdousi, 30, and Rozina, 50.
Lt Col Khandokar Golam Sarowar, commanding officer of RAB 3, at a press briefing on the premises of Dhaka Medical College Hospital said his team had been on the lookout for the baby theft gang for some time.
“We are handing over a 15-day-old female child to the Paediatric Department of the DMCH for treatment. We do not yet know the infant’s identity,” he said.
The arrestees denied involvement in the gang, but accused Monoara of being involved in baby theft.
