Six-month-old baby kidnapped from Mumbai's Kurla, cops rescue child in 4 hours; suspect held

Mumbai Police rescued a sixmonthold baby within four hours after the child was allegedly abducted from a house in Kurla West on Saturday morning officials saidAccording to police the incident took place between 530 am and 6 am at Kamalabai Chawl near Gaurishankar Temple in Masrani Lane Halav Pool Kurla WestThe childs 20yearold mother lodged a complaint at Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police Station following which a case was registered under Section 1372 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS 2023Police identified the accused as Aman Anand Sakat 25 who allegedly took the infant from the mothers custody without her consent while the baby was asleepFollowing registration of the case Senior Police Inspector Amit Tad directed all patrolling units the detection team surveillance squad and other police teams to begin an intensive search operationCCTV footage leads investigatorsPolice examined CCTV footage from several locations which showed the suspect carrying the baby towards Vidyavihar Railway StationFurther footage indicated that the accused had boarded a train heading towards ThaneBased on the CCTV trail information about the missing child was immediately shared with the Thane City Police Commissionerate and the Railway PoliceBaby found safe in ThaneAt around 630 pm Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police received information from Vishnu Nagar Police Station in Thane district of Maharashtra that the missing infant had been located safely within its jurisdictionThe baby was rescued unharmed bringing the search operation to a successful conclusionPolice team commendedDeputy Commissioner of Police Ganesh Shinde congratulated Senior Police Inspector Amit Tad and all the officers involved in the operation for tracing and rescuing the child within four hours of the complaint being registeredThe investigation into the case is continuing an official saidMumbai cop reunites lost special needs child using school TshirtMeanwhile in an another incident a police official reunited an eightyearold nonverbal special needs child with his family within just 90 minutes after finding him wandering alone in Jogeshwari East on Thursday evening officials saidThe child was found at around 4 pm on July 30 during a routine foot patrol near Yewale Tea Shop on Subhash Road by Police Naik Jagannath Misal of Jogeshwari Police StationAccording to the police the young boy was crying and was unable to tell officers his name or home address He repeatedly said only Abba and Amma making it difficult to identify himWhile trying to help the child a Mumbai Police official noticed that the boy was wearing a Tshirt bearing the logo of a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC Hindi School in Jogeshwari EastSchool tshirt provides crucial leadThe official immediately contacted the school A teacher confirmed that although the child was no longer studying there the Tshirt had been issued when he was previously enrolledAfter checking old records the school informed the police official that the child was now a student at special English Medium SchoolMisal contacted the special school where teacher identified the childThe school also provided the contact details of the boys fatherThe parents were immediately contacted and asked to come to Jogeshwari Police Station After routine identity verification the child was safely reunited with his family