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Maha: RPF Pune apprehends woman in abduction case, infant rescued

Pune, June 26 (UNI) Pune Division, Central Railway, has successfully rescued a seven-month-old boy and apprehended a woman accused in an abduction case, following swift and coordinated action by the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Pune.
The operation was initiated after the Divisional Security Control Room, Pune, received an alert from Government Railway Police (GRP), Hajipur, regarding an abduction case registered under Section 137 of BNS on June 18.
The suspects—a man and a woman—were traced to Pune Railway Station through mobile location tracking, said a Central Railways release today.
Under the direction of Senior Divisional Security Commissioner (Sr DSC), Pune, officers and personnel of RPF Thana Pune launched an intensive search operation.
Multiple RPF teams were immediately deployed across strategic points of Pune Railway Station, including all platforms and key access routes, with special focus on Platform No 3.
During the operation, two individuals matching the suspect descriptions were spotted on Platform No 3 and were promptly detained. They were brought to RPF Thana Pune for interrogation.
The man identified himself as Munna Kumar Rajbhar (24), resident of Kopa Samota, P S Kopa, District Chapra, Bihar, and the woman identified herself as Poonam Devi (30), resident of Daya Chapra, P S Raghunathpur, District Siwan, Bihar.
Upon being questioned about the child in their custody, both failed to give any satisfactory explanation or valid documents of guardianship.
Their photographs, along with that of the child, were shared with GRP Hajipur, who confirmed their identity as the accused persons wanted in the registered abduction case.
Subsequently, the woman was taken into formal custody, and the seven-month-old child was safely rescued and kept under protective care at RPF Thana, Pune, added the release.
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