Hyderabad: Chandanagar Police busted an interstate baby kidnapping and child trafficking racket, arrested five accused and rescued a one-month-old girl after abductors kidnapped her outside Lingampally Railway Station.
Police reunited the infant with her biological mother within three days. Investigators said the accused had planned to traffic the child to West Bengal and sell her to a childless woman.
Interstate baby kidnapping solved through CCTV analysis
The accused kidnapped the baby in the early hours of June 30 while her mother, a circus worker from Karnataka, slept on the pavement outside Lingampally Railway Station with her troupe.
Immediately after registering the case, ACP CH. Y. Srinivas constituted three special police teams.
Inspector S. Vijai, Detective Inspector Sathyanarayana of Ameenpur and Detective Inspector N. Bhaskar of Chandanagar led the teams.
The investigators examined CCTV footage from Cyberabad, Hyderabad and Malkajgiri for three days. Subsequently, they identified the suspects, arrested all five accused and rescued the infant.
Interstate baby kidnapping linked to trafficking plan
Police said the accused allegedly kidnapped the baby to sell her to a childless woman from Kolkata for ₹1.5 lakh.
Furthermore, investigators found that the accused had worked through intermediaries in Hyderabad and planned to transport the infant to West Bengal.
However, the police intercepted the group before it could leave the state. They rescued the baby safely and reunited her with her mother.
Meanwhile, Cyberabad Police Commissioner M. Ramesh commended the investigating teams for dismantling the interstate kidnapping and child trafficking network.