In a shocking incident, a woman stole her 18-day-old nephew from a hospital in Kalyanpur and threw him from the rooftop over jealousy of not having a son herself.

Natives of Kannauj, the child was born to Sarvesh and Ramna 18 days ago. The child was admitted to a hospital in Kanpur after he was diagnosed with septicemia.

On Sunday night, the couple left their infant child in the care of his aunt Sarita Devi. Sarita was allegedly jealous over the child's birth as she thought this would lower her status in the family as she has three daughters.

Sarita raised an alarm about the child missing on early Monday morning. The police was called in after the hospital staff failed to find him.

The child, Anmol, was later found entangled in an iron net some 16 foot below the hospital roof, alive. The net was cast in an adjoining lane to prevent the monkeys from entering houses. A hospital ward boy managed to bring the child to safety.

A CCTV footage revealed that it was Sarita only who brought the baby out from the child ward and threw him off the roof.

The police said that the accused has been arrested and a case has been registered against her.