53-year-old man arrested for kidnapping a four-year-old in Delhi

A 53-year-old man was arrested for kidnapping a four-year-old child from Kotwali, the police said on Monday. The child has been rescued and sent to a children’s home, they added.

According to a senior officer, the accused, identified as Sekhu, was arrested from the Old Delhi railway station, where he was waiting with the child to catch a train to Meerut.

“The child’s mother, Ruksana, lodged a complaint on Friday. She said that she and her son had gone to sleep on a footpath close to the Parade Ground near Red Fort. When she woke up in the morning, her son was missing,” DCP (North) M.K. Meena said.