Police rescue infant kidnapped in Mumbai; couple held
Mumbai (PTI): Mumbai Police have rescued a two-month-old girl who had allegedly been kidnapped two days back from South Mumbai and arrested a couple in this connection, a senior official said on Thursday.
The accused allegedly wanted to sell the child, he said, adding that police suspect the couple to have been involved in more cases of child kidnappings.
A 30-year-old woman living on a footpath in L T Marg area of South Mumbai approached the police late Tuesday night saying her 71-day-old daughter was missing.
The Azad Maidan police registered a case under Indian Penal Code 363 (kidnapping) and formed eight teams to find the baby, Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar told reporters.
When the police examined the footage of a number of CCTVs, the 46-year-old male accused was seen with the baby in the footage of South Mumbai and Wadala areas, a police official said, and added that the police traced the man and rescued the child.
The man and his wife were arrested, the official said, adding that the couple was planning to sell the child.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
