Delhi Police apprehended a couple who had allegedly kidnapped a one-month-old child from the vicinity of Chhatta Rail Chowk in North East Delhi, according to law enforcement officials on Friday.Aa distress call was placed to the Kotwali police stations PCR line at approximately 4:34 a.m. today, the police said. The complainant parents reported that their infant had been abducted from the footpath area near Chhatta Rail Chowk, prompting a case to be registered at the Kotwali Police Station under the relevant sections of the IPC.The police launched a probe, checking the nearby CCTV footage for any leads, which revealed information about the motorcycle used by the kidnappers during the incident. Based on this information, the accused individuals – identified as Sanjay Gupta and Anita Gupta – were apprehended by the police at their residence in Raghubir Nagar, Tagore Garden.Speaking on the matter to the news agency ANI, Sagar Singh Kalsi, DCP of North Delhi, said, “Sanjay Gupta and Anita Gupta said that last year their son Vishal Gupta (17) expired and their daughter aged (15), was asking for a brother to tie Rakhi on his hand, on coming Raksha Bandhan. So they decided to kidnap a boy and they found this child sleeping at some distance from his mother near Chhatta Rail Chowk. They kidnapped the child to take care of him as their son.”
