A day after a newborn boy was kidnapped from a community health centre (CHC) in Muradnagar, Ghaziabad police on Sunday arrested a 26-year-old man and 25-year-old transperson for the crime and rescued the infant from them.
Police zeroed in on the two suspects after going through the CCTV footage from near the community health centre. (Pic for representation only)
Police said the suspects –Prince Kumar from Hapur, and Vijay from Muradnagar – were in a relationship and stayed in Hapur’s Badnoli.
Superintendent of police (rural) Iraj Raja said they allegedly kidnapped the infant in an effort to hide Vijay’s identity as a transperson by claiming that she had conceived a child.
Police zeroed in on the two suspects after going through the CCTV footage from near the community health centre.
Peeyush Khandelwal writes on a range of issues in western Uttar Pradesh – from crime, to development authorities and from infrastructure to transport. Based in Ghaziabad, he has been a journalist for almost a decade.Read More