Mumbai: Kidnapped 6-year-old found by Mahim cops 16 hours later

Updated On: 02 May, 2019 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble

Child who lives on footpath at Mahim, was picked up and taken away on a scooty by a man who had been staring at her from the bus stop across the road

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The child's mother with her daughter's clothes

A six-year-old girl living on a footpath near Mahim railway station and who was abducted in the wee hours of Wednesday was found after a 16-hour extensive search by the cops. A man in a red shirt was seen taking the girl away on his scooty around 5.57am, the police said. The cops managed to trace the scooty to Kirti College in Dadar. Around 5 to 6 teams of local police were on the case.

Late on Wednesday, the police received information that the girl was seen near Mahim Durgah. Preliminary medical investigation has not found any signs of assault on the girl. Cops are now looking for the man who had abducted her and the reason behind it.