A 32-year-old man was arrested from Navi Mumbai within hours after he allegedly kidnapped a four-year-old boy from suburban Kandivli, police said today.
Surendrakumar Vishwakarma alias Rakesh was picked up from his Ghansoli residence in Navi Mumbai yesterday by the sleuths of crime branch after he allegedly abducted the boy from his house at around 1 PM.
On receipt of the complaint, the crime branch started tracking Rakesh's location through his mobile phone before zeroing on in Ghansoli area.
The team launched a search and found the boy at the house of Rakesh who was about to flee to Uttar Pradesh, said senior crime branch inspector Chimaji Adhav.
According to police, Rakesh and his friend are carpenters by profession and the latter had worked at the house of the boy's father a week earlier.
Police suspect that Rakesh gained access to the boy's house through his friend and allegedly abducted the child after luring him outside with chocolate.
Police are probing the exact role of Rakesh's friend in the crime.
