Overview
- The boy disappeared on September 12 from Ranjangaon MIDC after his mother left him with neighbours who often babysat him, and she filed a kidnapping complaint on September 15.
- Pune Rural police formed a special team, used intelligence and technical leads to track the suspects to Ludhiana, and coordinated with local police to rescue the child.
- The arrested suspects are Poojadevi alias Vanita Arjun Yadav, 37, and her husband Arjunkumar (Arjun) Yadav, 36, residents of Ranjangaon with roots in Bihar.
- Investigators say the couple confessed they abducted the child because they are unable to have children and had grown attached to him.
- The child was reunited with his mother, and the couple were remanded to police custody as officers continue to map their movements and contacts.