One-year-old girl rescued from child traffickers in Mumbai; two women arrested

In a rescue operation, Mumbai police have rescued a one-year-old girl from kidnappers in Mumbai. The girl was kidnapped from the city four days ago. The police have arrested two women in the case.

The women were allegedly trying to sell the toddler in Telangana. The girl was abducted from Santacruz, a western suburb of Mumbai, on October 30, said Mumbai police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar. She was rescued from Solapur railway station in southern Maharashtra on Wednesday, police said.

Two women, who were allegedly involved in her abduction and who tried to sell her in Telangana but failed, were arrested, he said. The case was cracked by the Mumbai police's crime branch with the help of Railway Protection Force (RPF), Phansalkar said. The arrested women are residents of Nehrunagar in Mumbai, he said, adding that further probe was on.


(Inputs from PTI)