WATCH: RPF constable swiftly rescues 6-month-old baby boy from female kidnapper in Mysuru within 30 minutes

Mysuru: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel in Mysuru rescued a six-month-old infant, within 30 minutes, from the kidnapper, on Thursday.

In a swift and coordinated operation, the RPF personnel, under South Western Railway, in Mysuru, rescued the baby boy within 30 minutes of receiving an alert.

Around 5.20 am on October 22, Thursday, RPF Constable C M Nagaraju, noticed a distressed woman near the Mysuru Railway Station portico, complaining that her baby missing. The constable alerted Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Prasi and Inspector Dinesh Kumar, who immediately initiated a CCTV camera footage search.

The footage revealed a woman, about 50 years old, carrying an infant towards Platform No 6 to board Train No 16206 (Mysuru-Talguppa Daily Express). The RPF team intercepted her by 5.50 am, rescuing the child and reuniting him with his parents.

The accused, Devika (name changed), a resident of Hassan, was handed over to the Government Railway Police (GRP), which is a specialised branch of the State Police, responsible for maintaining law and order, preventing and investigating crime on railway premises and in trains.

The GRP, in Mysuru, registered a case (Crime No 25/2025) under Section 137(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). She was produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody.

The RPF has an initiative, dedicated to tracing and reuniting lost or kidnapped children with their families, named as Operation Nanhe Farishte.