Two accused kidnapped a three-month old baby in September by posing as production assistants of a film company. They sold the boy to a sweeper at a hospital in Colaba
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The Crime Branch unit 1 of Mumbai Police recently cracked the case of a three month-old boy that was abducted in September.
According to the police, the boy was kidnapped by two men, who posed as production assistants of a film company. They sold the baby to a woman, who had four daughters but wanted a boy, reported Mumbai Mirror.
Cops informed to the paper that the accused, Sunny Waghela and Pankaj, told the baby’s mother Sanjana that they needed the toddler for a three-hour shoot, for which she would be paid Rs 15,000.
As per the Mirror report, Sanjana, her husband and her brother-in-law met Waghela and Pankaj near Eros Cinema in South Mumbai. Waghela took the baby with him, but left Pankaj with the others. Soon, Pankaj soon received a call. He informed Sanjana the shooting would take place at Taj Hotel, and hence they should go there.
After reaching the hotel, Pankaj managed to slip away, pretending that he had to meet the meeting the production team. Later, Sanjana and her husband came to know that there was no film shoot, and that their baby was abducted.
Cops managed to trace Waghela and Pankaj through their mobile phones and Sanjana identified them through their WhatsApp profiles. Waghela, on being nabbed, confessed that the baby had been sold to a sweeper at a hospital in Colaba.
The woman Asha Hadode was then arrested, and told the police that she had paid Waghela Rs 40,000 to get her the baby. She even faked a pregnancy. The arrested Hadode, Pankaj and Waghela are in custody of Azad Maidan police.
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