Voice 9, Dhaka Bureau: A baby girl has been found alive, wrapped in a sack, on the banks of the Kankari River in Comilla's Chauddagram. The incident took place on Friday (September 8) evening. At present, he is with Shakhawat Hossain Sabuj and Nasrin Akter of Ramchandrapur village in Kashinagar Union. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md. Tanvir Hossain confirmed the matter on Saturday.
Local Kalabagan Tarun Sangha president Md. Abdul
Momin said local people heard the sound of a child crying on the banks of the
Kankari River behind the club on Friday evening. Later, several people gathered
there and found a white sack. He opened the mouth of the sack and saw a
newly-born girl. When the matter came to light in the immediate area, many
people wanted to adopt the newborn.
With the permission of the administration, the
child was kept with the childless couple Sabuj and Nasreen of Ramchandrapur
village for care.
Noor Hossain Rajib, a resident of
Rampanchandrapur village, said Hanif Mia, a local farmer, went to collect kachu
flowers on the banks of the river on Friday afternoon and saw a white sack.
There were cries coming from there.
Later, he told the locals that he suspected
something was in it. Later, people came and rescued the child. The child was
immediately taken to a local doctor for treatment. Later, the child was kept
with Sakhawat Hossain Sabuj and Nasrin Akter of Ramchandrapur village.
Shakhawat Hossain Sabuj said on Saturday,
"We have no children in our three years of married life. We are a
childless couple. I'm so happy to have the newborn. I hope the administration
will consider my case and formally hand over the newborn to me.
Nasrin Akhter, the wife of Shakhawat Hossain
Sabuj, said, "God has mercy on me. I want to make the child human."
Trinath Saha, officer-in-charge of Chauddagram
Police Station, said the newborn had been temporarily kept with the
Sabuj-Nasrin couple. After the legal process, the newborn will be permanently
kept by the couple."
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Tanvir Hossain said,
"After getting the information, I bought new clothes for the child through
the social service officer and sent them to the house of the Sabuj-Nasrin
couple. The child is estimated to be three or four days old. In the future,
arrangements will be made to keep the child with them by performing the legal
process so that there is no problem."
