3-year-old girl kidnapped from bus station, rescued

Hyderabad: A three-year-old girl who was kidnapped on Saturday from the Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station (MGBS)was rescued by Afzalgunj police in Mahabubnagar district on Monday. Police arrested a couple, S Shivudu and S Parvathamma, of Mahabubnagar.

According to the police, the couple had abducted the girl as they were childless.

Police said that on Saturday, Jaya Lakshmi along with her two children was at MGBS to board a bus to Bellary in Karnataka. Jaya Lakshmi’s cousin Laxmi and her husband Nagaraju too were with them. Before boarding the bus, Nagaraju decided to back out due to some issues and got down from the bus, following which the two sisters went behind him to convince him to accompany them. When they returned, Jaya’s daughter was missing. TNN