Overview
- The child vanished from his Govandi West residence on the afternoon of July 8 and his father registered a kidnapping complaint with Shivajinagar Police at 10:26 p.m.
- A local woman sheltered the drenched and disoriented boy overnight after finding him alone on Road No. 4 in Shivajinagar.
- Crime Branch Unit 6 scanned CCTV footage from over 30 locations and distributed the boy’s photo in slum areas and on social media to facilitate his recovery.
- Officers arrived at the woman’s residence within minutes of receiving her call, confirmed the boy’s identity and reunited him with his family less than 12 hours after the abduction.
- Mumbai Police have registered the case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and POCSO Act and are pursuing ongoing investigations to apprehend the suspect.