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“The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of Ahmedabad City Police, successful a associated cognition with the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), has busted an inter-State kid trafficking racket, rescued a newborn babe and arrested 3 persons progressive successful the amerciable trade,” officials said connected Thursday (January 29, 2026).
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“The cognition was carried retired connected January 28, 2026 pursuing circumstantial quality inputs received by the Gujarat ATS and shared with the DCB Crime Branch,” officials said. Acting connected the tip-off, a constabulary squad led by Police Sub-Inspector J.C. Desai laid a trap adjacent the Kotarpur Pumping Station, adjacent to the airdrome bound wall.
During the operation, the constabulary intercepted a achromatic Maruti Ertiga travelling from Himmatnagar towards the Ahmedabad airport. “Upon checking the vehicle, a newborn babe was recovered successful the possession of the occupants, starring to their detention,” officials said.
“The arrested accused person been identified arsenic Vandanaben Jigarabhai Panchal (34), a nonmigratory of Odhav, Ahmedabad, primitively from Ayodhya successful Uttar Pradesh; Roshan alias Sajjan Mahavirprasad Agrawal (42), a nonmigratory of Hyderabad, Telangana, primitively from Jhunjhunu successful Rajasthan; and Sumit Bachchanbhai Yadav (27), a nonmigratory of Vatva, Ahmedabad, primitively from Sultanpur successful Uttar Pradesh,” officials said. The operator of the vehicle, Maulik Umiyashankar Dave (32), is nether investigation.
“During interrogation, the accused confessed to purchasing the newborn from a idiosyncratic identified arsenic Munnu adjacent Himmatnagar for ₹3.6 lakh and were connected their mode to Hyderabad to merchantability the babe to an cause named Nagraj,” officials said.
“Police seized ₹10,050 successful cash, 4 mobile phones valued astatine astir ₹55,000, and the Maruti Ertiga conveyance utilized successful the crime,” officials said.
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“A lawsuit has been registered against the accused arsenic good arsenic the alleged seller and purchaser nether Sections 143(4), 137(2) and 61(2)(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and Sections 81 and 87 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015,” officials said.
“The rescued newborn has been handed implicit to the Child Health Officer for contiguous aesculapian attraction and observation. Further probe is nether mode to hint the wider trafficking web and apprehend the absconding middlemen,” officials added.
