KOTTAYAM: Police have arrested a man for attempting to kidnap a five-month-old baby from the Kottayam Medical College Hospital. The incident took place on Wednesday. The arrested person has been identified as Athirampuzha native AV Ashraf.

According to the Gandhinagar police, Ashraf attempted to kidnap the baby of a housewife who came to the hospital to look after her husband undergoing treatment for burns.

On Wednesday at around eleven in the morning, the housewife was sitting on the veranda after putting the baby on her lap. At this moment, Ashraf was standing close by. As the woman dozed off, Ashraf took the child from her and fled the spot. Later, the police arrested him based on the complaint lodged by the child's relatives.