DINDIGUL
A one-and-a-half-year-old child, O. Prem Kumar of A. Kalayamputhur near Palani, went missing from Palani Government Hospital on Tuesday.
His mother Devaki was admitted to the hospital for treatment, and she was in the women’s ward, along with her two children – Prabakaran (two and a half years old) and Prem Kumar.
She fed the children around 2 a.m. on Tuesday and slept. When she woke up around 3.30 a.m., Prem Kumar was missing. Another patient, Shahidha Begam, who was in the next bed was also missing.
Acting on a complaint lodged by Prem Kumar’s father Ondi Muthu, a farm worker, police have registered a case and formed a special team to rescue the child.
The special team checked the CCTV footage and went to Tirupur for further investigation.