A year-old boy, who was allegedly kidnapped on Friday, was rescued safely in less than three hours, thanks to a timely and concerted effort by the Government Railway Police.
The baby had been entrusted to a co-passenger by his mother, as she went to buy a ticket at the Secunderabad Railway Station around 6.30 a.m., said police. B. Maragamma, a native of Kalaburagi who works as a daily labourer, had arrived at Secunderabad with her son, Venkatesh, by Narsapur Express. They were supposed to take another train to her town, Sedam.
At the station, she had a brief conversation with an unknown woman who reportedly told her that she too was travelling to Sedam. Maragamma entrusted her son’s safety and went to the general reservation counter to buy a ticket. But when she returned, the woman and her son could not be found anywhere on the platform.
