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This is an archive article published on May 2, 1998

Kidnapped six-month-old baby rescued from Bihar

NEW DELHI, May 1: A six-month-old baby, Sonu, who had been kidnapped from a Nehru Place jhuggi on April 21, was rescued last night from Aara...

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NEW DELHI, May 1: A six-month-old baby, Sonu, who had been kidnapped from a Nehru Place jhuggi on April 21, was rescued last night from Aara town in Bihar. A 50-year-old woman and her son have been arrested in this regard.

Sonu’s father Mohammed Jahangir had registered an FIR in the Kalkaji police station when he found both Sonu and his nine-year-old son Shahim missing.

However, Shamim came back home in the evening of April 21 and narrated the gruesome incident. He said Bijma Devi (50), their neighbour, had taken both Sonu and Shamim to a near-by temple and drugged Shamim there and left with the infant while he was sleeping.

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Bijma and her son Devender had come to the Nehru Place JJ clusters in mid-April and rented a jhuggi near Jahangir’s. Subsequently, they became very friendly with Jahangir’s family within a matter of days.

With the information received from Shahmim and other jhuggi dwellers, the police traced 22-year-old Santosh in Garhi village, who reportedly had an affair with Bijma.

Interrogation revealed that Bijma along with the child had left for the Aara town where Santosh’s family lived. Bijma had reportedly kidnapped the infant with the motive of stopping Santosh’s marriage with another woman.

According to Santosh, Bijma did not want him to marry another woman. She met Santosh’s parents and told them that he could not marry again as she was married to him and even had a child from him.

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Earlier, she had tried to convince his parents of their marriage with a picture of Santosh and her, but had reportedly failed. This made her desperate and she decided to kidnap a baby from Delhi as further proof of her marriage with Santosh.

The Delhi police nabbed both Bijma and her son from Aara. She reportedly told the police that all she wanted was to live with Santosh. But as he was getting married on May 8, there was no hope for her.

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