For D. Joseph, an auto rickshaw driver in Tamil Nadu, it was just another ride from the Tiruchi Government Hospital to the bus stand on June 2, 2009. The occupants were a middle-aged woman and an infant. However, minutes after moving away from the hospital, the baby started crying uncontrollably. The way the woman was handling the little girl and her response seemed unusual.

On a typical day, Mr. Joseph used to shuttle between the hospital and bus stand at least a dozen times transporting patients, attenders, staff, etc. But in this trip, he found the baby to be out of place. Sensing foul play, he drove back to the hospital and alerted the police deployed at the out-post. By then, Susila, a young mother had reached there complaining a woman had taken away her baby.

Timely alert

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