Miracle boy

A one-day-old boy miraculously survived a fourth-floor fall after he was allegedly dropped from a flat by his teenage mother on the capital's Bailey Road yesterday.

The 15-year-old mother, who works for an elderly couple, delivered the out-of-wedlock child in her employer's house in the morning with the help of a woman who also works for the couple, Moshiure Rahman, officer-in-charge of Ramna Police Station, told The Daily Star.

The official said the girl dropped the baby through the window of the flat, wrapping him in a plastic shopping bag. She did so in fear of social stigma, he said, quoting the mother.

The baby fell on the roof of a nearby tin-roof shop.

Hearing his screams, local shopkeepers rescued and took him to Ad-din Women's Medical College Hospital in Moghbazar with the assistance of law enforcers, the OC said.

The boy is doing fine, and did not suffer any major injury, he said.

A video showing the rescue of the child went viral on social media. 

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Police visited the spot and took the mother to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) for treatment.

The unmarried teenage girl allegedly got pregnant by her brother-in-law when she was visiting his house in Comilla, OC Moshiure quoted the girl as saying.

"We are investigating the matter," he added.