The Santacruz police on Wednesday night arrested a woman from Hyderabad over her alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a one-year-old girl, Fatima Shaikh, which occurred on October 30. The infant was allegedly picked up from a footpath near SNDT college at Santacruz West by two women—Sharifa alias Kajal Shaikh and Sujata Pawan—who were arrested from Solapur by the Mumbai crime branch about 48 hours later. The woman who was nabbed recently, Aapa Khan, 40, has been brought to Mumbai. 

During the investigation, it was revealed that Aapa had agreed to buy the baby from Sharifa and Sujata for R50,000 but because the toddler was thin, she brought the price down to Rs 25,000 when she met the duo in person. However, suspecting that something was amiss, Aapa did not hand over the money or take custody of Fatima and sent the duo back to Mumbai with the child.