Delhi Man Kidnaps Child To 'Gift' His Childless Uncle, Duo Arrested

A 21-year-old Delhi man in Gautampuri area, kidnapped a 5-year-old body to "gift" his childless uncle who had lost 4 newborn children.

The father didn't suspect or accuse anyone of kidnapping his child, however, the police registered an FIR under Section 363 (Kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code. ( Image Source :Getty Images )

New Delhi: A 21-year-old Delhi man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a child of his neighbour to 'gift' his childless uncle. The 5-year-old had gone missing while he was playing outside his house in Gautampuri, Part-I last week on Sunday, after searching for his child for two days the father approached the police, news agency PTI.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Southeast, Esha Pandey, said that a minor had reportedly gone missing from near his residence in the Gautampuri Part-I area on January 1, and after searching in the entire vicinity for 2 days, the boy's father approached Badarpur police station on January 3, according to news agency IANS.

"He told police that his son, aged 5 years was playing outside the house and is missing since 8.30 pm on January 1", Pandey added.

The father didn't suspect or accuse anyone of kidnapping his child, however, the police registered an FIR under Section 363 (Kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code and began probing the matter.

"During the investigation, a police team was formed that thoroughly questioned the complainant, his family members, relatives, friends, and local residents of the area and also scrutinised the CCTV footage of the entire area. The boy was tracked playing and roaming in one camera only but nothing was found substantiating the fact about the child's abduction, " the DCP told IANS.

However, while investigating the police analysed neighbour Neeraj's digital footprints and found he had also left the area on the same night, he did not return until the next morning. The police further added that Neeraj had left the capital. The police traced the suspect who revealed that he had kidnapped the child and shifted him to his 31-year-old maternal uncle Sunit Babu's residence in Aligarh.

"Eventually, the police traced suspect Neeraj, who initially tried to mislead the police, but broke up during sustained interrogation. He revealed that he had kidnapped the child from a place near his house and shifted him to the residence of his maternal uncle namely Sunit Babu at village Jiravli in Aligarh district," the DCP said.

Neeraj revealed that his uncle's wife had given birth to four sons but all had died just after their birth. He said that he wanted to gift a baby boy to his maternal uncle so he planned to kidnap the child from the Gautampuri area.

The child was safely rescued from UP's Aligarh and was medically examined, the police also arrested the uncle-nephew duo. According to IANS, the culpable roles of each of the accused persons are being established accordingly, the DCP said.

(With agency inputs)