Child Stolen From UP Train Station Found At BJP Leader's Home, Cops Say "Wanted Son, So Bought One"

7-month-old boy stolen from next to sleeping parents at Mathura station found at BJP corporator's house in Firozabad, cracking larger racket, say cops

A seven-month-old boy stolen from next to his sleeping parents at the Mathura railway station last week has been found 100 km away, from a BJP corporator's house in Firozabad, cracking a racket that steals and sells such children, police said. 

BJP's Vinita Agarwal and her husband had allegedly bought the boy for Rs 1.8 lakh from two doctors, who were part of a larger gang, as they wanted a son. The couple already has a daughter.  

In all eight people have been arrested, including the man who was caught on a security camera when he picked up the child from the platform.

Visuals from a press conference organised by the railway police in Mathura showed cops handing over the child to his mother, and everyone smiling for the camera. Another visual had wads of 500-rupee notes that the police seized from the arrested doctors.