Nurse, husband arrested for kidnapping and selling 6-year-old boy in Agra
India Today
A nurse and her husband were arrested for kidnapping and selling a 6-year-old boy in Agra.
After a six-year-old boy went missing in Agra's Shastripuram area on June 6, police arrested a nurse and her husband on Saturday for kidnapping and selling the child for Rs one lakh.
According to police, six-year-old Aarav was playing with his eight-year-old brother Ritesh at a construction site in Agra's Shastripuram area's C block when he was abducted by the nurse, Pooja, and her husband Anil.
Sources said that Aarav's father, Fattelal, is originally from Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district and works as a labourer. He lacked the funds to pay the ransom. Fattelal then approached the police.
As soon as the family filed an FIR, the Agra police began looking into alternate theories, including child trafficking.
When the CCTV cameras in the area were checked, Anil and Pooja were seen riding a scooter and carrying Aarav.
Further investigation led the police to Anil Sharma, a resident of the nearby Awas Vikas colony, and his wife Pooja, a Kasganj district resident who is currently working as a nurse in a Delhi hospital.
During questioning, Pooja revealed how she had sold the child to Neeraj Devi in Kasganj.
