AHMEDABAD: Chandkheda police investigating a case of abduction bid of an 11-month-old baby and possible human trafficking have started tracking Prashant Kamble, a resident of Pune, as one of the primary accused of the case. Bindu Sharma, the nanny who was apprehended for the offence, was probed on Friday where she put all the blame on Prashant and claimed that she was innocent.
“She maintained she did not know the scheme by Prashant and sending her picture with the baby was a mistake. We are yet to ascertain whether she was part of any previous incidents,” said an investigator. “We have contacted Maharashtra Police for their assistance in tracking and apprehending Prashant.”
Shockwaves had spread through the city after police prevented Bindu Sharma’s attempt to kidnap the 11-month old baby girl of a Chandkheda-based couple. She had clicked pictures of the infant with herself and circulated them posing as her mother who wished to give up the child for adoption for compensation citing her abject poverty.
The incident underscored the vulnerability of couples who hire maids from across the country using online agencies.
Cops had said Bindu was in touch with Prashant Kamble from Pune who is involved in human trafficking. He helped Bindu forge adoption papers identifying her as the birth mother and found a Bengali couple in Pune who were keen on adopting a baby. Bindu approached the couple and told them she was forced to give up the baby for adoption as she could no longer take care of the child due to her impoverished condition.
The couple bought her story, initiated paperwork and even made a monetary transaction to adopt the baby. However, they grew suspicious when Bindu could not give the baby’s birth date or other details that a mother would know. Based on the documents she had submitted, they called up the police in West Bengal. The cops investigated the matter, got to know of the racket and alerted the Chandkheda police as well as the infant’s family thereby averting a disaster.
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