Updated On: 26 November, 2025 07:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Child traced with the help of footage from 200 CCTV cameras; found in Navi Mumbai; Police said the incident took place on November 20 when the child was sleeping in an autorickshaw with her mother, who often slept there despite having a house

Vakola police with the arrested accused group, outside the police station
A 60-year-old BAMS doctor and five others have been arrested by Vakola police for kidnapping a five-year-old girl and selling her for Rs 6 lakh. The child was rescued from Navi Mumbai. Police said the doctor, Vrinda Chavan, who recently lost her husband and wanted to adopt, paid Rs 6 lakh to the accused Karan Sanas, 25, a cleaner in her society, who helped plan the kidnapping.

Accused BAMS doctor, Vrinda Chavan; (right) mother reunited with her child at Vakola police station. Pics/By Special Arrangement