New Delhi, March 11 -- An eight-month-old infant who was allegedly kidnapped from the Khajuri Khas area in northeast Delhi has been rescued by police, with a couple arrested in connection with the incident, officials said on Tuesday.

According to a release, the incident was reported at the Khajuri Khas Police Station on March 9, when a 45-year-old woman informed authorities that her eight-month-old son had gone missing. The woman, who lives under the Khajuri Khas flyover, told police that around 4:30 pm an unknown woman, aged about 35, approached her on the pretext of offering food and took away the child before fleeing the spot.

Acting swiftly, police registered a case under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the Kh...