2 held for abducting 4-year-old boy and snatching gold earrings in Mumbai's Vikhroli

MUMBAI: The Vikhroli Police have arrested two persons in connection with the abduction and robbery of a 4-year-old boy, from whom gold earrings were forcibly stolen. The incident occurred on March 24, 2025, between 11:00 am and 11:15 am in the Vikhroli area.According to police, the child was on his way to a nearby shop to buy cream biscuits when two unidentified persons approached him, picked him up, and took him to a secluded area behind the street near a drainage canal. One of the accused allegedly used his teeth to cut the gold earrings from the child’s ears and then forcibly pulled them out, causing injury to the child. Following a complaint lodged by the child’s parent, a case was registered under Sections 309(4), 97, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.The arrested accused have been identified as Mohammed Bashir alias Ubed Salim Shaikh (25) and Arbaz Zahidali Pathan alias Allu (24), both residents of Vikhroli East. पुलिस said both accused have no prior criminal record.Police have recovered the stolen property, a pair of gold earrings weighing 4 grams valued at ₹50,000, from the accused. Further investigation is underway.