Child stolen from Mathura railway station recovered, BJP corporator among eight held
The Hindu
The corporator of Firozabad Municipal Corporation, Vineeta Agarwal, and her husband Krishna Murari Agrawal had paid ₹1.80 lakh for the infant
The Government Railway Police have recovered the seven-month-old child who was stolen from a platform of the Mathura junction six days ago, officials said on August 29, adding that a BJP corporator and seven others have been arrested in the case.
The child has been recovered and handed over to his parents, they said.
The corporator of Firozabad Municipal Corporation, Vineeta Agarwal, and her husband Krishna Murari Agrawal had paid ₹1.80 lakh for the infant as they wanted to have a male child though they had a daughter, the officials said.
Firozabad Mayor Nutan Rathore confirmed that Ms. Vineeta Agarwal is a BJP corporator.
SP (Railways) Mustaq Ahmad told reporters that the arrested eight persons includes two auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs), the corporator and her husband.
“An infant named Sanjai was stolen at 4 a.m. on August 24 from platform number 8/9 while his parents were asleep,” the SP said.
The infant was son of one Radha, a resident of Parkham village under the Farah Police Station in Mathura district, he said.
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