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Video footage of woman stealing infant released

Police released video footage as well as pictures of a woman who had allegedly stolen a 4-month-old male infant from…

Video footage of woman stealing infant released

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Police released video footage as well as pictures of a woman who had allegedly stolen a 4-month-old male infant from her mother on Thursday from Ananda Bazar, near to Balasore rail station.

The missing baby belongs Aju Dalei, (38) and his wife Gouri Dalei, (30) of village Padampur under Chandipur police station limits. The unidentified woman aged about 40 year wearing a maroon colour saree captured in CC TV cameras installed near Balasore railway station was seen with the baby soon after the incident at 4.45 p.m. on Thursday.

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Gouri along with her 11 other SHG members had came to Balasore town from her village to a bank for some work. The group members including Gouri were at a roadside tea shop when the suspect lady approached Gouri and offered to hold the infant so that she could have tea comfortably.

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After finishing tea when Gouri searched for her son as well as the woman neither of them could be traced. She lodged an FIR with Sahadevkhunta police. DSP Sudarshan Dash said “We would be circulating the pictures of the woman across all rail stations and displaying pictures at all prominent places of the district as it is suspected that she had gone elsewhere by catching train. “The detail would be known after she is nabbed and the child is rescued,” he added

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