KOTTAYAM: Kottayam DMO said that the abduction of a newborn baby from the Medical College Hospital was very unexpected. Thanking the Gandhinagar police for acting swiftly on the incident, the DMO said that no one had expected that an attempt will be made to abduct a baby from such a crowded hospital. The DMO said that the baby's health was satisfactory.

"Both the baby and mother are doing well. The baby has been shifted to the ICU for observation. It seems that the woman who abducted the baby was well aware of the hospital's functioning and atmosphere. We suspect that this same woman had masqueraded as a dentist at Dental College in the past. If both these women are the same person, we believe that she might be suffering from some mental disorders," the DMO said.