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Kidnapped 3-year-old from Delhi found in Bihar; woman with six daughters arrested

Police recovered a three-year-old boy kidnapped from a Delhi hospital in Bihar after tracking the accused woman, who allegedly wanted a son, more than 1,000 km away.

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Police officials said that a three-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped from a government hospital in west Delhi on August 27 was recovered from Munger district, Bihar, after police tracked the accused woman across more than 1,000 km. [1] Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging a notice issued by the Ghaziabad police. [2] During questioning, Chunari Devi allegedly told police that she was a mother of six daughters and, due to medical complications, could not have another child, and that she kidnapped the boy with the intention of raising him as her own son. [3] Police said the toddler went missing on August 27 while playing near his mother, who had gone to a west Delhi government hospital to collect medicines. [4] Police tracked Chunari Devi via CCTV footage from the hospital and nearby areas, seeing her travel in an e-rickshaw toward Madipur village, then to her native state, and eventually recovered the child from Asnaha village in Bihar's Munger district. [5] Upadhyay's legal team informed the journalist on August 26 that they had received the request concerning his handle. [6]
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  1. Police officials said that a three-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped from a government hospital in west Delhi on August 27 was recovered from Munger district, Bihar, after police tracked the accused woman across more than 1,000 km. · Hindustan Times
  2. Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging a notice issued by the Ghaziabad police. · Deccan Herald
  3. During questioning, Chunari Devi allegedly told police that she was a mother of six daughters and, due to medical complications, could not have another child, and that she kidnapped the boy with the intention of raising him as her own son. · Hindustan Times
  4. Police said the toddler went missing on August 27 while playing near his mother, who had gone to a west Delhi government hospital to collect medicines. · Hindustan Times
  5. Police tracked Chunari Devi via CCTV footage from the hospital and nearby areas, seeing her travel in an e-rickshaw toward Madipur village, then to her native state, and eventually recovered the child from Asnaha village in Bihar's Munger district. · Hindustan Times
  6. Upadhyay's legal team informed the journalist on August 26 that they had received the request concerning his handle. · Deccan Herald
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