Vadodara: A childless couple from Surat was arrested for allegedly kidnapping their neighbours six-month-old boy by the Vadodara detection of crime branch (DCB) on Saturday.
The couple — Amit Pal and his wife Anita — was on their way home in Uttar Pradesh when it was nabbed near Golden Chowkdi on national highway outside Vadodara city. Cops said that the baby was handed over to its parents.
On Saturday morning, the police spotted the couple along with the baby near Golden Chowkdi. “They had left Surat in a truck and got down at Golden Chowkdi. They were waiting for some transport to reach their hometown in UP,” Jaydeepsinh Jadeja, DCP (crime) told TOI. When asked why the couple kidnapped the baby, Jadeja said, “Anita had lost her baby twice and the couple was childless. So they kidnapped their neighbour’s baby.”
According to the police, Amit works as a labourer in a company in Sachin GIDC and stays with his wife Anita in Surat. On Friday afternoon, Anita went to her neighbour Anshu Kevat’s house and saw that she was sleeping. She allegedly picked up Anshu’s six-month-old baby sleeping nearby and left. When Anshu woke up, she found that her baby boy was missing following which she began looking for him.
Anshu’s sister told her that Anita had taken her baby. Anita’s house was locked and despite searching her everywhere, Anshu and her husband couldn’t locate her following which a police complaint was filed in Surat. “After an alert by the Surat police our team kept watch on the labourers arriving from Surat and passing through the highway,” said Jadeja.
The couple — Amit Pal and his wife Anita — was on their way home in Uttar Pradesh when it was nabbed near Golden Chowkdi on national highway outside Vadodara city. Cops said that the baby was handed over to its parents.
On Saturday morning, the police spotted the couple along with the baby near Golden Chowkdi. “They had left Surat in a truck and got down at Golden Chowkdi. They were waiting for some transport to reach their hometown in UP,” Jaydeepsinh Jadeja, DCP (crime) told TOI. When asked why the couple kidnapped the baby, Jadeja said, “Anita had lost her baby twice and the couple was childless. So they kidnapped their neighbour’s baby.”
According to the police, Amit works as a labourer in a company in Sachin GIDC and stays with his wife Anita in Surat. On Friday afternoon, Anita went to her neighbour Anshu Kevat’s house and saw that she was sleeping. She allegedly picked up Anshu’s six-month-old baby sleeping nearby and left. When Anshu woke up, she found that her baby boy was missing following which she began looking for him.
Anshu’s sister told her that Anita had taken her baby. Anita’s house was locked and despite searching her everywhere, Anshu and her husband couldn’t locate her following which a police complaint was filed in Surat. “After an alert by the Surat police our team kept watch on the labourers arriving from Surat and passing through the highway,” said Jadeja.
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