An ex­ten­sive search for a cry­ing ba­by in a forest­ed area came up emp­ty-hand­ed yes­ter­day.

The Hunters’ Search and Res­cue Team, led by Cap­tain Val­lance Ramb­harat, re­ceived a dis­tress call from of­fi­cers of the Princes Town Po­lice Sta­tion around 1 pm to aid in the search for a ba­by who was re­port­ed­ly heard cry­ing in Hard­bar­gain.

Team mem­bers told Guardian Me­dia passers­by re­port­ed to of­fi­cers that they heard the sounds of a ba­by in a forest­ed area off Sis­ters’ Road, Hard­bar­gain.

The hunters’ team, along with po­lice of­fi­cers, con­duct­ed a thor­ough search of the area for sev­er­al hours but were un­able to find or hear the cry­ing ba­by.

Po­lice said based on their search­es, noth­ing in the area sug­gest­ed that a ba­by was even in the area.