Newborn abandoned at rail station

It was around 12:00pm yesterday when Romecha Begum and Yarun Nesa of Jhajhadanga village, both involved in trading of old clothes, were sitting at a tea stall on the north side of Chuadanga Railway Station.

Romecha was looking around the platform, abuzz with train passengers, when she heard the cry of a baby. She shared the matter with Yarun and both started to look for the source of the sound.

A white plastic bag, which was tied with a piece of cloth, under a bench of the tea stall drew their attention as the bag was slightly moving.

As soon as the two saw a baby boy inside the bag, they opened the bag and started screaming drawing a crowd, said Sub-inspector of Chuadanga Railway Police Camp Abdullah Mamun, quoting Romecha.

SI Mamun said owner of the tea stall Kuddus told him that two women and a man sat on the bench around an hour before the baby was found. They drank tea from his stall and left the place before boarding Dhaka-bound Chitra train which arrived around 11:55am.

On information, police rushed there and recovered the baby, born two or three days back. Later, they sent the baby to the safe home under the Social Welfare Department in Chuadanga, the SI said.

A doctor of Chuadanga Sadar Hospital who examined the baby said the baby was born healthy and weighed 6.8 pounds.

“The baby is doing well now and police are looking for its parents,” said the SI.