Overview

• On June 26 between 3 am and 4 am, a masked woman took the 7-day-old baby from the cradle on the hospital’s first floor.
• Child’s father, Shivakant Dixit, and relatives have demanded accountability from Hardoi Medical College for perceived lapses in newborn security.
• Circle Officer Ankit Mishra confirmed that security guards have been questioned and the child abduction case has been formally registered.
• Investigators report that some CCTV cameras in key hospital corridors were not operational when the baby disappeared, complicating the probe.
• Police are also examining whether the newborn body found in the Bhainsa River is connected to the hospital abduction.