Overview
- Police identified the detained man as Amol Anant Udalkar, 42, from Devgad in Sindhudurg, and he remains in Bhoiwada police custody.
- The train was flagged to Thane GRP after the ticket checker found Udalkar traveling ticketless and apparently intoxicated with a child who did not appear related.
- A kidnapping case under section 137 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered after the family reported the boy missing from the KEM Hospital premises.
- Following the rescue, the child received a medical examination and was placed under Child Welfare Committee supervision at a charitable trust in Dombivli for safety and care.
- Investigators are probing Udalkar’s background and motive, including indications he planned to head to Sindhudurg, while he denies kidnapping and claims he acted out of concern.