The Ulhasnagar police have arrested a woman for kidnapping a five-month-old boy of a poor couple on the pretext of giving him better medical treatment. The infant was supposed to be in the custody of a woman identified as Krishna Tai in Telangana for over a month and when the mother asked her to return the baby; she disappeared following which an FIR was registered.

According to the police, Meena Sonawne, mother of the five-month-old, Kartik, resides in the slum pockets of Mharal village of Kalyan and hails from Buldhana. Sonawne would also beg on the streets to supplement the income of her daily wage earning husband as they had five children to take care of. Besides, Kartik, their latest child would frequently fall sick.