Couple alleges newborn boy replaced with girl, launches dharna

CUTTACK: A couple today launched a dharna at the

SCB Medical College and Hospital

here alleging that their newborn boy was replaced with a girl and demanding that their baby be returned to them, police said.

One Madhusmita

Mohapatra

, wife of

Prahallad

of

Jajpur

district had yesterday alleged that her newborn baby boy child was replaced with a girl child by the hospital authorities, the police said.

Refusing to accept the girl child as her own, Madhusmita lodged a written complaint at the Manglabg police station here demanding a DNA test to ascertain the truth.

According to police, Madhusmita was admitted in the hospital a fortnight ago and on January 26, she delivered the baby.

She claimed that she had delivered a boy but the hospital authorities handed her a girl child, the police said.

"We will not leave the hospital till we get back our newborn child", the couple said.