The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/mumbai-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbai</a> Police <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-sessions-court-sentences-man-to-15-years-in-prison-for-sexual-harassment-calling-minor-girl-an-item-23252388" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">arrested</a> one more suspect in connection with the kidnapping of a two-month-old girl, and rescued another infant from his possession in Sion, an official told the PTI on Saturday.
A team from Azad Maidan police station arrested Santosh Dhumale (30) from Dharavi area on Friday, the official said.
The accused was earlier working as a paramedic staffer at a civic hospital in central Mumbai, he said.
Dhumale's name cropped up during the interrogation of a couple, who had was arrested earlier this week for allegedly abducting a baby in the early hours of Wednesday from the pavement in south Mumbai.
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The police had on Wednesday rescued a two-month-old girl, who was allegedly kidnapped from south Mumbai, and arrested a couple for the offence on Wednesday.
The rescued infant was handed over to her mother by Mumbai Police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar after a press conference.
Following the couple's arrest, a manhunt was launched and Dhumale was apprehended. Another baby girl was rescued from his possession, the official said.
Investigations have revealed that Dhumale had offered the accused couple Rs 60,000 for the child's abduction, he said, adding that further probe is underway.
(with PTI inputs)&nbsp;

The accused was earlier working as a paramedic staffer at a civic hospital in central Mumbai, an official said

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