Mathura: A seven-month-old baby, who was abducted from platform number 9 of Mathura Junction railway station in the early hours of August 24 has been found by the police after five days of intense search in Firozabad at a BJP councillor’s house, The Free Press Journal reported quoting a report by Hindi news channel Aaj Tak,
According to media reports, the kidnapper, who was caught on CCTV had been identified as Deepak and was arrested by the police. Deepak sold the abducted infant. The Municipal Corporation Councilor, identified as Vinita Agarwal and her husband Krishna Murari Agarwal living in Firozabad, were arrested by the police on the charges of buying the infant, the report added.
The report said Vinita Agarwal had bought the child from a nurse following which the police registered a case against the husband and wife in Mathura.
Vinita and Krishna have a 12-year-old daughter. They claimed, they had adopted the child and were not aware that the child has been stolen or abducted. On the charge of buying a stolen child, the police had taken the whole family to Mathura last night for questioning.
In a detailed statement, senior police officer Mohammed Mushtaq said the kidnapping was carried out by a gang involved in trafficking for money. “We found that a man named Deep Kumar took the child. He is part of a gang that includes two doctors who run a hospital in the neighboring Hathras district. Some other health workers are involved too. We interrogated the people in whose home the child was found, and they told us they had only one daughter, so wanted a son. That’s why they made the deal,” Mushtaq said in a statement to journalists, NDTV reported.
