A joint team has been sent to West Tripura’s Jirania to recover a newly born child who has gone ‘mysteriously missing’ from her mother at Bangshibari, a remote area in Teliamura subdivision, an official said on Friday.

Ushani Debbarma, the wife of Khokan Debbarma, a resident of Bangshibari under Krishnapur Assembly constituency gave birth to a girl child on Wednesday. Soon after the delivery, the child went missing from the house on the following day.

When the matter came to light, Tribal Welfare Minister Bikash Debbarma, who represents Krishnapur Assembly constituency, asked the administration to check the incident.

“Today, a joint team of the Sub-Divisional administration, Social Welfare department and police rushed to Bangshibari and met the parents of the missing child. The parents claimed they have handed over their child to one of their relatives in Jirania. Accordingly, another team went to Jirania to recover the child”, Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Teliamura Abhijit Chakraborty said.

The mother, who is suffering from post-delivery complications, was shifted to Teliamura hospital and an employee of the social welfare department was posted to assist the lady, he said.

“The family seems hardcore Jhumia and is extremely poor. We have given financial assistance to the family”, he added the joint team has not found any money transaction on handing over the child.