In northwest Delhi’s Azadpur area, two couples, one of them childless, were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a two-month-old baby boy, police said on Friday. The child was recovered from the arrested accused who were identified as Surender Mehto, his wife Sinu Pema; Rahul and his wife Pinky.
On Thursday, a woman in her complaint alleged that at around 3 am, she noticed her baby missing from an under-construction house where she was sleeping with her husband and their three children, police said.
A senior police officer said that during the investigation, the spot was inspected and CCTV footage of nearby places were scanned where in one of the footage, the accused was seen taking the child away. Mehto, who allegedly kidnapped the child, was arrested from Bhalswa Dairy area.
On further interrogation, Mehto revealed that he handed over the child to his associates following which co-accused Rahul was arrested from Bhalswa Dairy.
The officer said that the accused duo disclosed that they left the child with their wives and after conducting several raids the kidnapped child was recovered from Bhopura border, Ghaziabad. Interrogation revealed that Mehto and Pema were married for four years but did not have any child.
