21 October,2022 07:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Dipti Chandrakant Joshi was walking home with her son when three people tried to snatch the boy
Police are trying to identify and hunt three people who tried to snatch a three-year-old boy from his mother while they were walking home on an empty road, at Lokhandwala Township in Kandivli East. The incident happened around 12 pm on Wednesday, which left the mother, Dipti Chandrakant Joshi, 39, with injuries as the trio thrashed her when she resisted their attempt to snatch the boy.
The Samta Nagar police have filed an FIR and started the investigation. While the complainant has claimed the three people were eunuchs, police suspect that might not be the case. "I had taken my son to a pre-nursery school near our house for admission. While walking back home, three eunuchs stopped me on the road when it was empty and asked me to give them my son. When I refused, two of them grabbed my hand and the third eunuch tried to snatch my son from my hand. They slapped me eight-nine times and told me that they will take my child anyhow," Joshi, a resident of Lokhandwala Township, told mid-day.
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"I even pleaded with them to leave us alone. One of them pulled me by my hair and dragged me, but I held onto my child tightly. I then shouted for help and thankfully, two-three people heard and ran towards me for help. Seeing them, the trio fled. I saw the three eunuchs for the first time. I sustained injuries to my face and hand, but I managed to save my son," she added.
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Senior Inspector Narendra Shinde of Samta Nagar police station said, "There are no CCTV cameras where the incident took place, but we are checking cameras from nearby spots. The woman said the trio were eunuchs, and described them as those with tall and healthy physiques. But, we are not sure they were eunuchs." Former corporator Surakha Patil of Kandivli Lokhandwala area said, "Since this incident, there is panic in the area. People fear eunuchs are roaming in the area to steal children. But the residents should not worry, as the police will arrest the culprits soon."
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No of people who tried to snatch the boy
