The Mumbai crime branch recently arrested a 19-year-old woman and her 22-year-old friend for kidnapping a one-year-old girl from Vidyavihar.

According to the police, the accused woman Alia alias Tarannum Sheikh, has a history of kidnapping cases registered against her. She was also arrested in 2015 for abducting a seven-year-old. Police said Tarannum was then sent to a rehabilitation centre for minors in Byculla, but in 2018, when she turned into an adult, she was released.