New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) Delhi Police has arrested a 36-year-old vagabond for allegedly kidnapping a two-and-a-half-year-old boy in north Delhi to pressure his mother into marrying him, an official said on Saturday.

A PCR call was received on December 2 reporting the kidnapping of the child from the park in Jamuna Bazar, he said.

The boy’s mother, who sells eatables near a temple every Tuesday, told the police that the accused named Wasim had been allegedly pressuring her to marry him for nearly a year, a senior police officer said.

Following an argument, Wasim allegedly picked up the child and fled, prompting the registration of a case under Section 137(2) (kidnapping) of the BNS, he said.

Since Wasim did not use a mobile phone, rendering technical surveillance ineffective, the team rel

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