Rabale police rescued a kidnapped three-and-a-half-year-old boy in a day and arrested the accused who allegedly wanted to marry the child's mother. The accused is in police custody.

Around 8.30 pm on Thursday, Nutan Shelar, mother of Yash Shelar, was out buying groceries at the local market when, according to the police, the accused, identified as Hemant More, a rickshaw driver, held her hand and asked to sit in his rickshaw. In her police statement, she said, "I refused. He was constantly asking to leave my husband and marry him. But when I shouted at him, he took Yash and drove away."