India, Oct. 13 -- The Ambernath police arrested five people, including the alleged kidnapper of a 25-day-old infant, within four hours of the crime on Monday and rescued the baby safely. Investigators suspect that the accused planned to sell him to a childless couple in Gujarat.

According to the police, the infant's mother, Santosh Waghe, was standing near a Ganesh temple in Ambernath West on Monday when a woman identified as Parvati Nagraj, who is deaf and unable to speak, allegedly snatched the boy from her and fled.

The infant's family approached the Ambernath police and reported the incident. They told the police that they suspected that the woman would hand over the infant to another accused, Soni Ganesh, and her family.

The polic...