Two arrested for abducting infant

Jalandhar, August 17

Amid the much-hyped rumours about child-abduction incidents surfacing on social media, especially WhatsApp, the Police Division 1 today arrested two persons involved in the kidnapping of a newborn boy, identified as Shiva.

The suspects reportedly abducted the infant from the pavements near Fair Farm on GT Road. On the complaints of Chanda Rani and her husband, the police acted swiftly and arrested the suspects from Bathinda and recovered the boy, who was born only 15 days ago. SHO, Police division-1, Sukhbir Singh, said the incident was reported on Thursday evening.

“The victims, who are migrant labourers and resides here near the pavements, said two-motorcycle borne assailants took away their child from the lap of their 10-year old daughter Rashmi, who was playing with the child.

Rashmi said the suspects, a man and a woman, were wearing masks while committing the crime,” the SHO added.

After tracing the duo with the help of the footage of a nearby CCTV camera, the police busted the abduction gang involving six persons. The couple was identified as Tilak Raj and his wife Rajwinder Kaur, residents of Kapurthala.

They told the police that they had given the toddler to Balvinder Kaur of Bhatinda, and Baljinder Kaur of Muktsar Sahib, who further gave the child to Manjit Kaur and Sukhraj of Bathinda.

Notably, Manjit had taken Rs 4,25,000 from an infertile couple of Ropar in lieu of giving them the baby after all adoption formalities.

A case has been registered against all suspects. While Manjit and Balvinder have been arrested from Bathinda today, Sukhraj, Baljinder, Tilak Raj and Rajwinder are still absconding. — TNS