Overview
- The three-month-old girl was found in Akola and reunited with her mother after an eight-day search that began with a January 22 abduction in Mumbra.
- Three suspects were arrested: initial abductor Nasreena Shaikh, her sister Khairunnisha Gulab, and brother-in-law Mohammad Mujeeb Gulab.
- Investigators tracked movements through CCTV, identifying a rickshaw by an ‘aai’ marking, spotting a handoff on Mumbra station’s platform, and following train travel that evaded cameras after Thane.
- Local informers and coordination with Akola police led to a targeted raid in Khetari village that secured the child without harm.
- Police cite the couple’s long struggle to have a child as the motive, and they have been booked under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for kidnapping.