18-month-old baby from Maharashtra abducted at Tirumala

: A 18-month-old baby from Maharashtra was abducted by a man in Tirumala, the abode of Lord Venkateswara, a police official said Saturday.

The baby was taken away from his parents while they were sleeping in an open area before offering prayers on the hill shrine on Friday morning, superintendent of police KKN Anburajan told mediapersons here.

Based on a complaint from the baby's parents, police registered a case and examined the footage of CCTVs which showed the boy being carried away by a man wearing a monkey cap.

Police teams have been sent toAndhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Karnataka to catch the abductor and rescue the baby.