3-day old baby girl kidnapped from Government hospital

A three-day-old baby girl was today abducted from the maternity ward of the Government Hospital here, police said.
A 23-year-old woman delivered the baby girl on November eight and both mother and child were recovering in the maternity ward, police said.
She had handed over the child to a woman, standing near her bed and gone out, reportedly to answer nature's call around 3.30 PM, they said.
On her return, she found the woman and the child missing and lodged a complaint with hospital authorities, who in turn informed police.
Search is on for the child and woman, police said.