Locals shower flowers on cops as they rescue 6-month-old abducted child in hours

Locals shower flowers on cops as they rescue 6-month-old abducted child in hours October 23, 2025

Gujarat: In the past 25 days, Gujarat Police have successfully resolved two child kidnapping cases in record time. During the Diwali festivities, a six-month-old infant was abducted from a busy market, but Kalol Taluka Police in Gandhinagar district managed to trace and rescue the child within 17 hours, returning him safely to his parents.

The incident occurred when Kalaben Anvarbhai Mir, along with her sister-in-law Lashaben, her two sons—Samir (8) and Shahrukh (6 months, 12 days)—and her brother-in-law’s son Shabir, went to Kalol in the morning to celebrate Diwali.

Around 2 PM, the family got down from a rickshaw near Chhatral Bridge on Lunasan Road, where they encountered an unknown woma