The woman was reunited along with her dad and mom after a medical examination, police stated (Representational)
Mumbai:
In a swift motion, police rescued a five-year-old woman kidnapped allegedly by two ladies from the Mumbai suburb of Bhandup with an intention to promote her, simply 12 hours after the crime passed off, an official stated on Monday.
4 ladies, two of them immediately concerned within the minor’s kidnapping, have been arrested from the Balkum space in adjoining Thane metropolis and the woman was later reunited along with her household, he stated.
The accused ladies had deliberate to promote the woman for monetary advantages. Submit-abduction from Mumbai, the kid was stored with two of the 4 ladies, each staying in Thane, the official stated.
The incident passed off on Sunday night when the woman went out to buy balloons for Holi celebrations. When she didn’t return house until late within the night, her dad and mom received frightened and began a frantic seek for their daughter, he stated.
Some residents of the realm in suburban Bhandup noticed the woman going with two ladies in an auto-rickshaw. One among them, later recognized as Khushboo Gupta, stays in the identical locality, the official stated.
The woman’s dad and mom approached the Bhandup police station and lodged a criticism, based mostly on which a case of kidnapping was registered.
The police launched a seek for the woman and apprehended Gupta. Throughout interrogation, she admitted that together with one other lady, Maina Dillod, she kidnapped the woman by promising her to purchase a chocolate, and took her to Thane, the official stated.
The woman was taken to Balkum in Thane metropolis, the place she was stored with the opposite two ladies. Accordingly, a police crew on Monday morning performed a search in Balkum and rescued the woman simply 12 hours after she was kidnapped, he stated.
The police arrested the 2 Thane-based ladies, Divya Singh and Payal Shah, for his or her involvement in the whole kidnap episode, the official stated.
The woman was reunited along with her dad and mom after a medical examination.
The arrested ladies have been produced earlier than a court docket which despatched them to police custody until Friday, the official added.
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