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One-year-old baby kidnapped at Mumbai CSMT station, rescued by GRP within 24 hours
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News18•18-10-2026, 17:53
One-year-old baby kidnapped at Mumbai CSMT station, rescued by GRP within 24 hours
- •A horrifying incident took place at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus where a one-year-old child of a laborer family was kidnapped.
- •A woman wearing a red dupatta and a salwar-suit quietly picked up the sleeping child from the platform around 4 AM.
- •Mumbai GRP showed prompt action and formed joint teams that reviewed CCTV footage to trace the suspect within 24 hours.
- •The accused, identified as 22-year-old Pooja Shinde with a past criminal record, had kidnapped the baby to force her into begging and even cut her hair to conceal identity.
- •The child was safely rescued without any harm and the accused was sent to police custody by the railway court.
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A one-year-old baby girl was abducted from the platform of Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSMT) railway station in the early hours of October 15 while her laborer family was sleeping.
The Mumbai Government Railway Police (GRP) acted swiftly and apprehended the kidnapper within a mere 24 hours, safely recovering the unharmed child.
The investigation revealed that the 22-year-old accused woman, Pooja Shinde, kidnapped the innocent child to force her into begging, and even cut the toddler's hair to conceal her identity.
