Mumbai: Kurar and Malwani police arrest five for kidnapping

The Kurar and Malwani police rescued two kidnapped children this week despite their busy schedule While four people involved in the first kidnapping arrested on Thursday had tried to sell the child a woman longed for a male child and decided to kidnap for the same in another case She was arrested on FridayThe first incident unfolded late on Tuesday night when a 2yearold girl was abducted near a bridge in Malad East She was later discovered outside the Manidar temple at Dadar stationThe accused woman is seen in CCTV footage carrying the boy awayThe family of the child which sells toys on the bustling streets of Mumbai resides beneath the flyover on the Western Express Highway at Malad On Tuesday night the parents woke up and did not find her with them After a frantic search they filed a complaint with the Kurar policeFound in DadarDetermined to reunite the child with her family the police combed the local area for leads But the Dadar Government Railway Police GRP informed them that a 2yearold girl had been found in front of a temple at Dadar Station Flat No 1 On being shown her photograph the distressed parents identified their child and the police reunited the girl with her grateful familyldquoIt was revealed that the four individuals responsible for the kidnapping intended to sell the child for profit However the prospective buyer backed out on realizing that the child was older than initially believed Consequently the culprits abandoned the girl outside the temple and fled Alerted to the situation a citizen contacted the police leading to the apprehension of the kidnappers and their associatesrdquo said a police sourceldquoThe arrested individuals are believed to be affiliated to a notorious childlifting syndicate to traffic children to meet the demands of those seeking to adopt or acquire childrenrdquo said an officer from Kurar police stationAlso read Mumbai Aaditya flays BMC for garbage pileupTempted with Rs 200In the other case the Malwani police apprehended a 28yearold woman who had abducted a oneandahalfyearold boy near the Gaondevi temple According to police sources the child had been playing in a garden with his 8yearold sister on late Thursday evening when the accused approached She enticed the girl with Rs 200 and asked her to fetch biscuits When the sister returned the toddler and the woman had vanishedThe childs parents had been away at the market and upon their return they were informed of the incident by their daughter They searched the neighbourhood and lodged a complaint with the policeldquoUnder the supervision of Senior Inspector Chimaji Adhav the Malwani police formed multiple teams amid their busy Ganpati Bandobast They examined numerous CCTV footages from the vicinity and other locations Soon they found footage showing the accused walking with the kidnapped child This led to her apprehension and the rescue of the childrdquo said DCP Ajaykumar Bansal Zone XIldquoDuring the course of investigation it was revealed that the accused was married with two daughters aged 6 and 3 and resided with her husband in Rathodi at Malwani Her motive for the abduction stemmed from her desperate desire to have a sonrdquo said another officer