Five people have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 25-day-old baby boy from Maharashtra's Thane district to sell him, with the police rescuing the infant in Mumbai within four hours of the incident, an official said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.
The baby was allegedly snatched from a ragpicker in Ambernath town around 7 pm on October 10 by a speech-and hearing-impaired woman, who then handed him over to her associates as part of a plan to sell the child, senior inspector Shabbir Sayyed of Ambernath police station said, the news agency reported.
Police trace baby to Dharavi
During the initial investigation, the police detained one of the accused, Sony Ganesh, 19, who allegedly told investigators that the baby had been handed over to her relative, Ruksar Faroukh Shaikh, 32, a resident of Dharavi in Mumbai, as per the PTI.
Using technical intelligence and mobile phone details, police teams traced the suspect to Dharavi and safely rescued the infant within four hours, Sayyed said.
The baby was subsequently rescued by the police, bringing the search operation to a swift end.
Five accused arrested
The police have arrested five people in connection with the alleged kidnapping. They have been identified as Parvati Nagraj, 38, a speech- and hearing-impaired woman; Sony Ganesh, 19; Shaktivel Parameshwam, 37; Nisha Shaktivel, 30; and Ruksar Faroukh Shaikh, 32, according to the PTI.
According to the police, the accused allegedly planned to sell the baby after he was kidnapped.
Case registered under child protection laws
A case has been registered against the accused under relevant provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Further investigation is under way to establish the individual roles of the accused and determine the circumstances surrounding the alleged plan to sell the infant.
Six-month-old baby kidnapped from Mumbai's Kurla
Meanwhile, in an another incident in September this year, Mumbai Police had rescued a six-month-old baby within four hours after the child was allegedly abducted from a house in Kurla West, officials had earlier said.
According to police, the incident had taken place between 5.30 am and 6 am at Kamalabai Chawl near Gaurishankar Temple in Masrani Lane, Halav Pool, Kurla West.
The child's 20-year-old mother, lodged a complaint at Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police Station, following which a case was registered under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
Police identified the accused who allegedly took the infant from the mother's custody without her consent while the baby was asleep.
Following registration of the case, Senior Police Inspector Amit Tad directed all patrolling units, the detection team, surveillance squad and other police teams to begin an intensive search operation leading to accused's arrest.
(with PTI inputs)
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