Overview

• Navi Mumbai Crime Branch traced and detained 23-year-old Aman Iqbal Kondkar in Bhiwandi within 24 hours using CCTV footage and technical surveillance.
• Investigators uncovered that the couple had secretly married last year and abandoned their two-day-old daughter out of fear of family rejection and social stigma.
• Panvel City Police registered cases under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Juvenile Justice Act and have initiated legal processes for the parents to reclaim the child.
• Doctors confirm the infant is stable and she is currently housed at a Child Welfare Committee rehabilitation center in Alibaug.
• Authorities are continuing inquiries to identify the mother and determine full circumstances of the abandonment before final custody decisions.