coimbatore the father of the miracle baby who was born on the railway track near sanganur even as its pregnant mother was killed by a speeding train on march 25 has now sought custody of the baby the babys father c gopalan 36 a daily wage labourer who had initially not shown any desire to take home the newborn his sixth child sprang a surprise on tuesday and asked the coimbatore medical college hospital to hand over the baby to him just as the cmch had made arrangements to hand over the baby to an adoption home on tuesday morning the childs father sought the babys custody the baby was handed over to us by the police on march 25 initially the baby had breathing difficulties and was kept in an incubator over the last 20 days the condition of the baby has improved now the father would like to care for his baby we do not know who the parent of the baby is and can only hand over the baby to the police resident medical officer rmo of cmch p sivaprakasam said on wednesday the railway police will get custody of the baby on the basis of a letter given by inspector m lawrence to the rmo the father has been claiming the child but he is constantly on the move because of work he digs up roads to lay cables recently he moved to cheran maa nagar in the city as the doctor has said the baby is in good health we will hand over the baby to its father said lawrence neighbours of the family in poonthottam now say the hut in which gopalan lived with his family is haunted we hear sounds of laughter and other noises at night said a frightened neighbour so gopalan has shifted his house they said on march 25 a heavily pregnant g kuppammal 32 who had gone to do her morning ablution on the railway track near his house in poonthottam in kannappa nagar had been killed in an accident a blue mountain express en route to mettupalayam from coimbatore had run over her at 530am but the male baby was born alive and healthy a miracle of sorts gopalan the father of the baby is from harur in dharmapuri district