# 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]

## What this stands on

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, News)
2. Journalist Abhishek Upadhyay has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging a notice issued by the Ghaziabad police. (Deccan Herald, News)
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, News)
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, News)
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, News)
6. Upadhyay's legal team informed the journalist on August 26 that they had received the request concerning his handle. (Deccan Herald, News)

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