Updated On: 13 January, 2024 05:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Scared after the crime, woman takes infant to police station, claims to have found it on footpath

CCTV footage where the accused is seen with the infant (right) The police handed the infant to his mother
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.