Three Arrested For Kidnapping 3-Year-old Boy In Mumbai: Cops

The incident occurred on Monday afternoon when the boy was playing in a ground outside his residence.

A three-year-old boy was abducted from Wadala in Central Mumbai allegedly by a woman and her male friend for selling him for Rs 2 lakh to unidentified persons in adjoining Thane district, a police official said on Tuesday.

The boy was later abandoned by the woman and handed over to the police by two men known to her, he said.

The woman, Sanika Waghmare (19), and her male friend Pawan Pokharkar (20), both residents of Wadala who failed in their efforts to sell the boy, have been arrested, said the official.