Cops fasten up investigation in 3-year-old girl kidnapping case

Vijayawada: The Vijayawada police is reportedly said to have fasten up investigation into a three-year-old girl who was kidnapped by an unidentified person in the Vijayawada railway station on Thursday afternoon. The Railway police officials have registered a case and formed five special teams to trace the kid. According to the Vijayawada government railway police (GRP), the kidnapped girl was identified as Shaik Shafeeda whose parents are ragpickers.

Police are examining the CCTV footage at Vijayawada Command Control Room. Police found the baby was taken from the railway station to the Nehru Bomma Centre area. Police also inspected areas like Chittinagar, Panja Centre, Vagu Centre and Dairy Factory Sithara Centre. The CCTV footage was sent to various police stations in the city. Police are investigating all the angles to trace the Shafeeda.

According to the police, an unidenrified woman approached the child who was playing on platform number 10 of the Vijayawada railway station. She was seen luring the kid with chocolates and abducted the girl. It is said that at that time, the mother of the kid was sleeping and her father was not present at the spot. After a few minutes, the mother of the child noticed that her kid was missing. She immediately approached the police and GRP filed a case. Police retrieved CCTV footage on the premises to identify the accused. Police said that "The entire event of Shafeeda's abduction was captured in the CCTV cameras. After forcibly taking the child, the woman was seen moving towards Nehru Nagar, which is a km away from the station."