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NEW DELHI, NOV. 27. Three persons, including an office superintendent in the Railways, have been arrested by the North-West Delhi police for allegedly stealing and trying to sell a nine-month-old baby girl. The girl has been rescued. According to the police, Manohar Lal, a resident of Shahabad dairy at Bawana in North-West Delhi, complained that his daughter had gone missing from his house-cum-clinic around 8 p.m. on Friday. Dr. Lal, an Ayurvedic medicine practitioner, told the police that he had gone to a nearby shop to buy something, while his wife had gone to buy kerosene. At the time, their nine-month old daughter, Amrita, was sleeping. He told the police that two persons were seen carrying away Amrita. Following investigations, the police ruled out kidnapping for ransom. During inquiries, Dr. Lal revealed that a person, later identified as Rajender, had come to him with a proposal to buy a girl child. Rajender had offered him Rs. 5,000 as commission out of the Rs. 35,000 which he planned to fetch by selling the child. But, Dr. Lal turned down the offer. The police traced Rajender's aunt, who lived nearby, and questioned her about his whereabouts. She told the police that he had been living in a settlement near old railway station at Faridabad in Haryana. The police conducted a raid and apprehended Rajender and his associate, Virender. At their instance, Amrita was recovered from the house of Babu Lal, an office superintendent in the billing section of the Divisional Railway Manager in Delhi. He used to live in the Railway quarters near the old railway station. He too was arrested. During interrogation, Babu Lal told the police that he had no children and wanted to bring one up. He came in contact with Rajender, a mason who was under heavy debt, and offered him Rs. 35,000 if he could bring him a child. Following the offer, Rajender approached Dr. Lal as he was aware of his weak financial condition. Dr. Lal also had five children from his first wife, who had died four years ago, to take care of. When Dr. Lal refused, he decided to steal the child and roped in Virender by promising him a hefty "commission" for the purpose. Further investigations in the case are on.
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