A team of the Brahmapur Childline under leadership of Centre Coordinator Sai Prasad Samal rescued a newborn baby from Aska on Friday after getting information from the Aska Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) that the child was found abandoned at the bay of river Rushikulya, back side of Suna Aamba Street in Aska on Thursday.
The CDPO had asked Samal to rescue the baby from a lady, who kept the child in her custody.
The Childline team comprising Pranati Kaur and Balaram Mallick went to the spot; and, after observing the situation, they requested the Aska police station IIC for support to rescue the baby.
With the help of police, the team went to the women's house, but she refused to hand over the baby after getting community support. However, after interference of the Aska PS IIC the baby was rescued by the team and brought to the Aska hospital and later was referred to the MKCG Medical College Hospital.
Samal said the child, after being discharged from the medical, would be produced before the Child Welfare Committee, Ganjam for shelter. Until produced before the CWC, the baby would be under the Childline’s supervision, he added.
