Latest News | Delhi Police Arrests Woman for Kidnapping Infant from Safdarjung Hospital

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI) Delhi Police has recovered a four-month-old infant, kidnapped from Safdarjung Hospital here and arrested a woman in that connection, an official said on Sunday.

On January 29, a 32-year-old woman from Bihar reported the abduction of her infant son from the hospital, officials said.

Also Read | Poonam Gupta To Be First Person To Get Married at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Know All About the CRPF Officer.

She had entrusted the baby to an unidentified woman, while she went to purchase milk. Upon returning, both the woman and the child were missing, a police officer said.

"An FIR was registered at Safdarjung Enclave police station and an investigation was launched," Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Southwest) Surendra Choudhary said.

Also Read | No Income Tax up to INR 12 Lakh: Do You Still Need To File ITR Even if Tax Liability Is Zero?.

The officer further said that a team was formed, who checked the CCTV footage and found key clues, including metro and bus tickets from the accused woman's abandoned bag.

CCTV tracking revealed that she took the baby in an auto-rickshaw, towards Bhim Rao Ambedkar Hospital. Further investigation led police to a car registered to Rajiv, her husband, said the DCP.

A raid was conducted early on January 30 in Ambedkar Colony, Alipur area, where the accused, Neetu (35), was arrested, and the infant was safely recovered.

During interrogation, Neetu confessed that she had faked a pregnancy to deceive her husband and in-laws, he added.

On January 29, she informed them that she had given birth and was picked up from the hospital by her husband and father-in-law along with the kidnapped child, the police said, adding that further investigation is underway.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)