Kolkata: A newborn baby, who was allegedly abducted by an unidentified woman from a government hospital here on Tuesday, was 'rescued' nine hours later, police said.

A baby, said to be the one abducted, was 'rescued' nine hours later from the Bagmari area in north Kolkata. However, police said the identity of the baby could be established only after a DNA test as the woman suspected of having abducted it, also claimed that she was the mother of the newborn. .