The Mumbai police have arrested four women for allegedly kidnapping and attempting to sell a five-year-old girl from Bhandup. Two women reportedly kidnapped the child with the intention of selling her to two other women in Thane.
The arrested women are identified as Khushboo Gupta (19), Maina Rajaram Dilod (39), Divya Kailash Singh (33), and Payal Hemant Shaha (32). They were produced before the court and remanded to police custody until March 28.
The incident came to light when the parents of the five-year-old filed a complaint after their daughter, who had gone to buy balloons for Holi, did not return home. The police have charged the four women under sections 363 (kidnapping), 370 (trafficking of persons), and 34 (common intention) of the IPC.
“The girl was allegedly abducted with the intention of selling. The police freed the girl from the clutches of the kidnappers within just 12 hours. A plan was made to sell the girl for money. The girl has now been handed over to her family. The accused women had planned to sell the girl to earn money,” said the Bhandup Police.
