The Railway Police Force, Pune Division, rescued a 7-month-old boy and apprehended a woman and a man accused in an abduction case, following swift and coordinated action by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) Pune on 23rd June 2025.
The man was identified as Munna Kumar Rajbhar (24), a resident of District Chapra, Bihar. The woman was identified as Poonam Devi (30), a resident of District Siwan, Bihar.
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 on 18th June 2025. The suspects Munna and Poonam were traced to Pune Railway Station through a mobile location tracking system.
Priyanka Sharma, Sr. Divisional Security Commissioner (Sr.DSC), Pune, speaking to the Free Press Journal, said that after receiving the information, a search operation was launched and multiple RPF teams were deployed across strategic points of Pune Railway Station, including all key routes.
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During the search 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.
Upon being questioned about the child in their custody, both failed to produce 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 7-month-old child was safely rescued and kept under protective care at RPF Thana, Pune. A police team from GRP Hajipur has reached Pune to take custody of the accused and the rescued child.
The child was abducted from Hajipur. In the preliminary examination, it seems the child was brought to Pune for sale. The child belongs to a middle-class labour family. We are investigating whether the accused have committed any prior abduction cases or are part of a gang related to such crimes. Furthermore, the matter is under investigation.
