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Infant Kidnapped in Thane Rescued Within Four Hours; Five Arrested
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News18•13-10-2026, 12:30
Infant Kidnapped in Thane Rescued Within Four Hours; Five Arrested
- •A 25-day-old baby boy was abducted from a ragpicker in Ambernath town of Maharashtra on October 10.
- •Police acted swiftly using technical intelligence and phone tracking to locate the baby in Mumbai's Dharavi area within four hours.
- •Five individuals, including a speech-impaired woman who allegedly snatched the infant, have been arrested by the police.
- •The accused reportedly planned to sell the baby, and the infant was safely rescued without any harm.
- •Cases have been registered against all five suspects under relevant provisions of the BNS and Juvenile Justice Act.
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Police used technical intelligence and tracked phone details to trace the suspects to Dharavi in Mumbai, successfully rescuing the infant within four hours of the kidnapping.
Five persons were arrested, including Parvati Nagraj, Sony Ganesh, Shaktivel Parameshwam, Nisha Shaktivel, and Ruksar Faroukh Shaikh, for allegedly conspiring to sell the baby.
A case was registered against the five arrested individuals under relevant provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
