Telangana: Abducted infant traced within 24 hours

Police reportedly traced the baby girl in Esala Thakkallapally in Basanthnagar police station limits and took the lady, who kidnapped the baby into custody.

Karimnagar: Karimnagar police on Monday traced the baby girl, who was kidnapped from the Mother and Child Health Center in Karimnagar on Sunday and arrested two persons in connection with the abduction of the infant girl. Producing the accused before media persons here on Monday, Karimnagar town ACP G Narender explained details about the kidnap episode.

Natives of Muzafarabad district of Bihar state, Manojram and his wife Nirmala migrated to Karimnagar to work in granite quarries and are staying at Asifnagar in Kothapalli mandal. Nirmala gave birth to a baby girl in MCHC on February 16. On Sunday, she was shifted to ICU when she developed convulsions and the baby was in general ward. Manojram went outside by leaving a 11 year old boy of his relative with the bed. The infant was missing when he returned back. Manojram lodged a complaint with Karimnagar town-II police.

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Based on the complaint, police registered the case and began investigation by forming special teams. Taskforce and special branch police found a woman carrying a baby by analyzing CCTV footage. They arrested Mokkera Kavitha Alias Padma of Thakkalapalli under Basanthnagar police station limits of Peddapalli district. Based on the information given by her, police arrested a DHMS doctor Yerramaraju Jaggamraju from Jammikunta.

On questioning, she revealed that based on the advice by Jaggamraju, she came to MCHC to kidnap either infant boy or girl. While moving to the hospital, she found a baby girl with a boy. Knowing that the boy does not know Telugu language, Kavitha took the baby from the boy on the pretext of administering a vaccine. She came out from hospital and took an autorickshaw to reach Karimnagar bus stand where she boarded Jammikunta bus. Jaggamraju confirmed that the health condition of the baby was good and offered milk. Later, she went to Thakkalapally.