A woman delivered a baby boy inside a police gypsy while they were on their way to a hospital in west Delhi’s Khyala area on Thursday night.
According to Deepka Purohit, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West district, the pregnant woman along with her family went to the police station and met a woman constable Suman on Thursday night.
“The family requested the constable to seek an ambulance for the woman. The constable informed her seniors and a police gypsy was sent,” said the DCP adding that the pregnant woman, Mini Kumar, was in labour and delivered the baby inside the police jeep.
According to police, the jeep was hardly one kilometre away from the hospital when the woman delivered the baby. Her husband and sister pulled out the baby while the woman constable helped in the delivery.
“The doctors were informed and they came to the jeep with their medical equipment. The baby was wrapped in a towel and handed over to the doctors later who took care of both of them. Both the mother and baby are healthy and have been shifted to the hospital,” said the DCP.