Gurugram: The city police has arrested three people, including two women in connection with a case of child-lifting and also rescued a 5-year-old boy, who was kidnapped on Tuesday. According to the cops, on Tuesday evening, a resident of Behrampur village filed a complaint that an unknown woman took his 5-year-old son while he was playing on the street.
Based on the complaint, an FIR was lodged under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). In response, two special teams were formed to look for the boy, news agency PTI reported. A senior police officer said that the accused were identified as Varsha (27), Ashah alias Sapna (23), and her husband Mukul (27). They were arrested late Tuesday night from the Sector 52 area.
''During interrogation, the accused revealed that both the women had come to Behrampur village to kidnap the child on Tuesday. Varsha kidnapped the boy while he playing on the streets. She brought the child to Ghata village, where Mukul and Sapna brought the child to their rented room. They had planned to take the child to Bihar but police rescued him in time,'' the senior police officer said, as quoted by PTI.
The officer added that the accused confessed that they had kidnapped the child to make him beg on the streets. Further investigation into the case is underway.