Kottayam district police chief Shilpa Devaiah told media persons that Neethu R Ra (33), a native of Thiruvalla, who was arrested by the police, plotted the plan to prevent her lover marrying another woman.
It was on Thursday afternoon that two-days-old baby of Aswathi, a native of Vandiperiyar, was stolen by Neethu from the maternity ward at the Government MCH, Kottayam.
Neethu, who approached Aswathy pretending to be a nurse, took away the baby to conduct a yellow test.
She was in a relationship with Ebarahim Badusha, a native of Kalamassery. Knowing that Badusha was planning to marry another woman, Neethu told him in February that she was pregnant.
When her pregnancy accidently got aborted later, she decided to steal a baby and convince Badusha and his relatives that she gave birth to a baby.
