Mohan and Mohini Nerurkar had their three-day-old baby boy allegedly stolen from Sion Hospital a a few days back. The Chembur couple has taken an emotional beating ever since, but is still hopeful that they will be able to hold their baby in their arms again.
The couple, who has seen one baby found by the Chembur police in February last week, claimed that it was not theirs. But it has been over two months since they saw their child last and identifying it may not be easy.
“I will surely be able to identify my son. He would open his eyes at the sound of my voice. He could recognise my voice,” Mohan Nerurkar said. “We had not even decided on his name and were referring to him with different nicknames. We did not even take a picture of him,” said an aggrieved Nerurkar.
Mohini, who breaks into tears when asked about her child, says that she can never forget the face of her son. “I saw the baby that the Chembur police had found but it was not my son, he was much fairer than that child,” she said.
Mohan’s brother-in-law AD Salunke, who accompanies him to every court hearing said, “The child must be looking much different since the time it was born. It is going to be difficult for the parents to recognise him at a glance.”
Although the police will conduct DNA tests and verify the blood samples of the child and the parents, the question remains that would the couple identify the child if they spotted it with someone on the road?
“He had tiny strands of hair on his neck and his back. Both my daughters had those when they were born. That’s how we will be able to identify him,” Mohan said. Salunke said that the child resembled his mother more than his father.
“Such small children get attached to people out of habit. Since the baby has been away from the parents for so long, he may not even respond to their call or their touch now,” added Salunke.
As Reported in DNA on 9th March 2009
