Stranded children rescued from freezing cold roadside in Chattogram

Two children left by the road near Chattogram’s Anwara have been rescued.

An auto-rickshaw driver found them shivering in the cold on Sunday evening amid the worst cold spell this winter.

The elder child is a 3.5-year-old girl, who identified herself only as Ayesha. She said the 14-month-old boy she was holding was her brother – Morshed.

The children have been with the auto-rickshaw driver Mohim Uddin since their rescue. The local administration returned the children to Mohim after giving them first aid on Monday.

“The girl is somewhat healthy. The boy was perhaps born with some health issues. He also has a scar from an old infection on his back,” said Tahmina Aktar, Anwara Upazila administrator.

Mohim told journalists that when he first approached the children, they were shivering.

Tahmina said they were trying to find who the parents are.

“The girl gives different names for her mother each time. As far as we have learned so far, their mother used to live with the two children in a rented house somewhere in Anwara,” she said.

It is believed the mother left the children on the road, she added.

She said action would be taken once the children’s parents are identified, adding that if no one can be found, the next steps will be taken through the Department of Social Services.