Two sisters who allegedly wrapped a new-born baby in a black polythene bag and put it in a ladies’ handbag are in the hands of the Ashaiman branch of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU).
The sisters, Katherine Ankrah, a 29-year-old trader and Emilia Ankrah, a 28-year-old food vendor, who is the mother of the day-old baby, had allegedly conspired to abandon the baby somewhere or kill it when they were arrested.
The suspects are residents of New York in the Kpone-Katamanso District and Abeka Lapaz in Accra respectively.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jennifer Bola, Ashaiman DOVVSU Coordinator, who confirmed the incident to DAILY GUIDE, said Emilia, who was travelling from Ashaiman to New York in Kpone near Tema on a commercial vehicle, put the baby in a black polythene bag which was in her handbag.
On the vehicle, passengers became alarmed by the constant cry of a baby but they could not locate it.
According to her, the cry of the baby persisted until they got to a bus stop at New York where Emilia alighted, and the other passengers spotted some movements in her handbag. This aroused suspicion in the passengers.
The DOVVSU Coordinator explained that the passengers arrested the woman and demanded to know what was in the bag, adding that Katherine, who was waiting for Emilia at the bus stop, rushed to the scene a few minutes later and quickly collected the handbag from Emilia.