A seven-year-old boy who was abducted from Mumbra in Thane district of Maharashtra has been rescued while he was being taken to Uttar Pradesh on a train, police said on Tuesday, adding that the accused was arrested.

The accused Rinku Saroj (35) had abducted the boy, who is son of his live-in partner, from Diva area in Thane district on January 24 after she refused to shift to Uttar Pradesh with him, an official said.