‘Upma for newborn?’ Alert public helps police rescue 40-day-old infant kidnapped in Bengaluru

The toddler’s mother Farheen Begum said in the complaint to the Kalasipalya that she had come to her mother’s house for delivery and was staying there. She said she had slept off in the hall after feeding the baby in the morning and when she woke up, the baby was missing.

After the family approached them in the afternoon, the police alerted the control room, which flashed the message across all police stations in Bengaluru.

Meanwhile, a woman on the street noticed Nandini with the child, and she was unable to handle the crying toddler. The woman asked Nandini what she had fed the baby, to which she replied upma and milk. The woman got suspicious as no mother would give upma to her newborn baby and alerted the neighbours, who informed the police control room.

The police took custody of Nandini and discovered that she had kidnapped the baby from the Durgamma temple street in Kalasipalya. The baby was handed over to her mother within a few hours of her kidnap. In between, another woman in the area had breastfed the baby as she was hungry.

The Kalasipalya police approached the Magadi Road police and took custody of the accused and the baby. The Kalasipalya police contacted the complainant and handed the baby to her mother.

The police said that as Begum’s house’s main door was open, Nandini easily entered and kidnapped the baby around 7.30 am. She also stole a mobile phone from the house, the police added.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Laxman B Nimbargi appreciated the efforts of citizens Balu Subramanian, Bhoopal, Vishnu, Nagamma, and Hemanth, who helped find the kidnapped baby.