A Childless man has been arrested by the Shivaji Nagar police on Friday for allegedly kidnapping a two-and-a-half-year-old boy from Govandi. Police said the accused had also made up a story two years ago to his parents that he and his wife had been blessed with a boy. Recently, his father told him to bring the child to their village in Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh so he planned to kidnap a child of the same age.

The accused has been identified as Malikram Yadav, a resident of Chembur who works as a labourer. The police said for the last 5-7 days, Yadav was planning to kidnap the child who lived in his vicinity; he succeeded on Friday. The entire incident was captured on CCTV cameras.