{
  "id": 4849491,
  "title": "Video: Women In Burqas Allegedly Stopped At Mumbai’s Cooper Hospital, Told ‘Babies Get Stolen’; Sparks Controversy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/video-women-in-burqas-allegedly-stopped-at-mumbais-cooper-hospital",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T11:12:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/video-women-in-burqas-allegedly-stopped-at-mumbais-cooper-hospital-told-babies-get-stolen-sparks-controversy-mumbai-news"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two women wearing burqas were reportedly denied entry to Mumbai's Cooper Hospital, allegedly because hospital authorities feared that babies could be stolen by women in burqas. The incident, captured on video, shows a female security guard stopping the women at the hospital entrance and questioning why they were not allowed inside. One of the women, identified as advocate Jahanara, confronted the guard and questioned the reasoning behind the rule, suggesting that babies are not exclusively stolen by people wearing burqas. Jahanara mentioned an incident at Wadia Hospital where babies were stolen by someone wearing a saree. Cooper Hospital has not yet responded to the allegations or provided an official statement regarding the incident.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: A recent viral video has sparked controversy online after two women wearing burqas were allegedly stopped from entering Mumbai’s BMC-run Cooper Hospital. The video shows the two women, one of whom was carrying a baby, being stopped at the hospital entrance by a female security guard. The footage further shows one of the women confronting the guard and questioning why she was not being…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}