Mumbai: The police acted quickly to save a 10-month-old boy in 24 hours, kidnapped from the roadside near the Traffic Police Bandra Chowky on SV Road in Bandra (W) and sold for more than RS 3 Lakh for government staff from Telangana.
While three people were arrested from Mumbai, the police team flew to Telangana and arrested VisikiraPlya Dharmarao (50), an operator on the electric board, and saved a baby.
On September 1, around 2am, the roadside Dweller Mumtaz Khan found his 10-month-old son of Kaif missing.
Worried he approached the bandra police.
When filing a complaint, he told the police that a woman, along with a 13-year-old child, has visited him every day since the last few days.
Based on Khan’s description, the woman’s sketch was made and circulated between police stations and informants.
“We got a tip-off that the sketch was Farhana Shaikh (33), who lived in the nearest Shastri Nagar.
Local residents told us that they had seen it carrying toddlers in the morning,” said an officer.
Shaikh was picked up and during the interrogation, he allegedly claimed to steal a baby and shed the nuts at the Maid-Paramdham Gundeti (50) and Nakka Narasimha (35).
Shaikh was arrested and the police team consisting of Senior Inspector of Bandra Manohar Dhanwade, Assistant Inspector Sagar Nikam, Hemant Phad, Sub-Inspector Anandrao Kashid and detection staff scans through CCTV footage from Khar Danda and Gundeghi and Narasimha.
The Duo told the police that Dharmarao had paid them RS 3.2 lakh for babies and at 9am, went to Telangana in the car where he came to Mumbai.
Dharmarao arrested the same as he reached his Telangana residence with a night baby.
Dharmarao told the police that he and his wife did not have children since 15 years so he approached Narasimha, who came from his village, to help him get a baby.
“Narasimha is related to gundeh, who lives in Khar Danda, who promised to organize the baby.
Gundeh then hang out with Shaikh to find a newborn baby,” Kashid said.
After Shaikh befriended Khan, Narasimha asked Dharmarao to come to Mumbai.
“Dharmarao pays Rs 1.5 lakh to Shaikh and Rs 1.7 to Narasimha and Gundeti when they leave their babies,” Kashid said.
“An investigation to verify whether the three of them are accused of being part of the child selling racket,” said DCP (IX Zone) Sangramsofinh Nisdar.