Two couples arrested for abducting toddler in Tigri

Boxing coach held for assault

A boxing coach was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his 19-year-old student when they were in West Bengal for a tournament in February, police said on Tuesday.

The woman, who was representing Haryana in the tournament, lodged a police complaint against her 28-year-old coach on Friday, a senior officer said.

She has alleged that while she was going to Kolkata on February 27 along with other team members to participate in the tournament, her coach assaulted her.

Two couples were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a toddler in south Delhi’s Tigri area, police said on Tuesday.

The accused have been identified as Sanjay (36), Rekha (32), both residents of Meerut and Qumar (40) and Mukesh (28), both residents of Bulandshahar, they said.

On March 6, a woman lodged a complaint where she alleged that around 4 pm, she went to bring food from a nearby eatery shop and both kids were alone at home. When she returned after 10-15 minutes, her one child was found missing from the house, a senior police officer said.

The complainant also said that her neighbour Pinki and her son-in-law had offered her Rs 1.5 lakh about 15 days ago and asked to give one child to them, but she refused, they said.

During investigation, police analysed the nearby CCTV footage and saw two persons who came on a motorcycle and picked up the child. They later shifted the child in a car.

The owner of the car was identified as Ranvir Singh, police said.

Singh was the son-in-law of Pinki who was named in FIR.

"During further investigation, the child was rescued from Sanjay and his wife Rekha in Meerut and the couple was arrested," deputy commissioner of police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur said.

They disclosed that the child was handed over to them by Alam and his wife Mukesh to keep the toddler with them for four to five days only for which they would be paid.