Woman jailed for trying to sell newborn at Dhaka clinic

A mobile court, backed by Rapid Action Battalion, jailed a woman for six months for trying to sell a newborn girl in the capital's Sabujbagh yesterday.

The woman, Anwara Aktar, 44, has been running a clinic, Talukdar General Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, at Nandipara under Sabujbagh Police Station for several years, said Rab officials.

The mobile court nabbed Anwara while she was trying to sell the three-day old newborn there, said Mostaq Ahmed, a company commander of Rab-3, adding that the newborn was rescued.

Confessing to the attempt, Anwara told Rab that the baby was born at the clinic, he said.