A woman delivered a baby girl in an autorickshaw on the New Civil Hospital campus reportedly after a traffic cop delayed the auto by stopping it at Sahara Darwaja to check its credentials. The traffic department has launched an investigation to identify the policeman. Montu Paswan,a textile worker and resident of Priyanka Greencity township in Godadara,was on his way to the hospital on Tuesday afternoon after his wife Amritadevi (22) went into labour. At the traffic junction at Sahara Darwaja,a traffic policeman stopped the auto and demanded to see the driver's licence and badge number. The auto driver told the policeman that his passenger was in advanced labour and that it was an emergency. However,the cop refused to listen. Instead,he checked the auto thoroughly and reportedly damaged the windshield with his lathi before letting it go. As the autorickshaw entered the NCH campus,Amritadevi delivered her baby,weighing 2.7 kg. On hearing Paswan's cries for help,the hospital emergency staff rushed out and took the mother and child inside for treatment. The condition of Amritadevi and her baby was stable. This was her third child. Paswan had reportedly begged the policeman to let him go. But the appeal fell on deaf ears. Assistant commissioner of police (traffic) Vidhi Chaudhari said,"We have come to know about it and are carrying out investigations.
