Mumbai: Man held for kidnapping 4-year-old boy at Kalyan station

A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 4-year-old boy at Maharashtra's Kalyan station and trying to take him to Jalna.

Kachru Waghmare, alias Bala, of Nashik, reportedly committed the crime on Monday morning while the child was playing outside the station's waiting area on the outskirts of Mumbai.

The official said Waghmare left the station premises with the child. He went around Kalyan city and returned to the station to board a train to Jalna, some 350 km away. Meanwhile, the boy's father approached the Government Railway Police (GRP) saying his son had gone missing.

The GRP registered a first information report (FIR) and began scanning the footage of the CCTV cameras installed on the station premises. The footage showed Waghmare moving with the boy. GRP nabbed Waghmare when he returned to the station, the official said, adding that he was planning to board a train to Jalna. It is still not clear why Waghmare kidnapped the boy, the official said.