Two persons, who were allegedly involved in the trafficking of a four-year-old boy, have been arrested by Delhi Police from Uttar Pradesh's Bijnore district and the boy has been rescued.
The accused, identified as Nazra (45) and her associate Furkan allegedly kidnapped the boy from old Delhi's Chandni Chowk area, and sold the boy to one Suhail (30). While Nazra and Suhail have been arrested, Furkan is still at large, DCP (North) Madhur Verma said.
On July 31 last year, one Chandu Ram, who along with his wife and two children lived at a shelter home in Chandni Chowk, lodged a complaint in Kotwali police station about the kidnapping of his son Deepak, police said.
Following the recovery of some CCTV footage, police suspected that a woman and a man were allegedly involved in the incident.
"During the six-month-long investigation, a special team was sent to Meerut and Hasanpur districts of UP based on tip-offs, but the efforts did not yield any result," police said.
Acting on a tip-off again, police conducted a raid and the minor was traced at a house in Bijnore, following which the child was rescued and the accused arrested yesterday, police said.
During interrogation, the accused told police that the minor was sold to Suhail for Rs 30,000, police said.
The child has been handed over to his parents and efforts are on to nab the absconding accused Furkan, they added.
