Gurugram, Mar 13 (PTI) A man who abducted a toddler for her childless sister has been arrested and the minor was rescued from his house in Garhi village here, police said on Wednesday.

Dharampal alias Bittu alias Ravan (45), kidnapped the two-and-a-half-year-old boy from Ram Vihar colony area on February 26, they said.

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According to police, he abducted the boy for his sister but refused to take the child so he took him to his house and started looking after him.

An FIR was registered a day after the kidnapping and the anti-trafficking unit of Gurugram police rescued the boy on Tuesday and handed him over to his parents, they said.

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The accused was produced in a city court on Wednesday and sent into judicial custody, Sub-inspector Sumit Kumar, in-charge of the anti-trafficking unit of Gurugram police said.

Dharampal, who works as a labourer, lived as a tenant in Garhi village along with his mother and two children, police said.

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