A 21-year-old woman, unable to conceive even after three years of marriage, resorted to desperate measures. She kidnapped a 20-day-old child from Shatabdi Hospital, where the infant’s mother had brought him for medical treatment. Fearing detection, the accused woman took the child to Vanrai police station and concocted a false story, claiming she had found the child abandoned on a footpath. She handed over the infant to the police before swiftly making her escape.

A comprehensive investigation by the Kandivli police revealed that the woman who abducted the child and the one who reported finding the child were, in fact, the same person. Subsequently, a search was launched, leading to her arrest from Kandivli East.