With the arrest of two women and a man, the Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have rescued a two-and-a-half-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from near his house in Outer Delhi’s Bawana area within 48 hours. A woman had bought the kidnapped child as she lost her son in a fire accident in 2015, said a senior police officer.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Rajneesh Gupta said with the rescue of the boy, it was found that the boy has been abducted by a woman and sold to another, who apparently wanted the child for her sister whose son had been killed in a fire accident. Three people, including the abductor and the buyer, have been arrested. The police managed to trace the boy on Sunday, said Gupta.
A senior police officer said, “After a case of kidnapping was registered at the Bawana Police Station on Friday, the police formed teams and scanned through the CCTV footage from the area around the child's house. In one of the CCTV grabs, they spotted a woman picking up the boy. Further investigations revealed the woman, Sonia, was a resident of Indraj colony,” said a senior police officer. The officer said, “Though Sonia was not found in her house and kept changing her location, the police managed to trace the woman with the help of technical surveillance.”
Raids were conducted and Sonia (28) was arrested from the Anand Vihar Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT), During sustained interrogation, Sonia confessed to picking up the boy and selling him to a woman identified as Rajni, 37, a resident of Ishwar colony in Bawana. Rajni apparently paid Sonia Rs 45,000 for the child. The police had recovered Rs 42,000 from Sonia. Rajni and her nephew, Saurabh (27) were arrested and the boy was recovered, said the senior police officer.
Rajni told the police she wanted the boy for her sister, Santosh, whose son had died in a fire in 2015. Santosh was not aware of the plot, added the police officer.