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Four men and a juvenile were apprehended aft an 18-month-old lad successful Delhi's Karol Bagh was kidnapped and "sold" for ₹45,000, constabulary said connected Sunday (September 28, 2025).
The kid was rescued from Mahoba successful Uttar Pradesh. Among the arrested is simply a 54-year-old man, a begetter of 2 daughters, who took the toddler aft offering wealth to the accused arsenic helium did not person a antheral child, they said.
The incidental came to airy connected September 24, erstwhile complainant Mukesh, a handicraft seller from Rajasthan, reported that his lad had gone missing portion the household was sleeping connected the footpath astatine Pusa Road adjacent Ganga Ram Hospital reddish airy aft participating successful a fair.
Based connected his complaint, a lawsuit was registered and a peculiar squad was formed. Investigators "analysed footage from much than 100 CCTV cameras and tracked 2 men connected a scooter with a concealed fig sheet moving suspiciously successful areas including Rajender Nagar, Prasad Nagar, Connaught Place, Mandir Marg and Paharganj," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Nidhin Valsan said.
The suspects were aboriginal seen transferring a kid into a achromatic car adjacent RML Hospital, the constabulary said. The car was traced to Kali Bari Lane successful New Delhi, starring to the apprehension of 3 accused identified arsenic Anant (22), Raju alias Rishi (24) and Sahil Kumar (21), portion a 17-year-old was besides nabbed.
"On interrogation, they disclosed that the kid had been sold successful Mahoba to 1 Foolan Srivas alias Santosh, who has besides been arrested," Mr. Valsan said.
The kidnapped lad was rescued safely from Mahoba, bringing immense alleviation to the family. The constabulary besides seized a scooter, the car utilized successful the offence and ₹5,500 successful cash.
Investigations revealed that Srivas, who has 2 daughters, had expressed a tendency to person a antheral kid and offered up to ₹1 lakh to the Delhi-based accused who hatched the program to abduct the child.
They kidnapped the lad from Karol Bagh and sold him to Srivas for ₹45,000. Further probe is underway, the constabulary said.
