KANPUR, Jan. 19 -- A 10-month-old baby's alleged kidnapping from a running train has triggered a sweeping multi-district search across Uttar Pradesh. Railway police are scanning CCTV footage from stations spread over more than 600 km between Aligarh and Mirzapur after the child's mother was allegedly drugged during her journey on the Nandan Kanan Express, officials said on Monday.

The incident has led to an extensive operation involving the government railway police (GRP) and the railway protection force (RPF), with teams deployed across five districts. The case was first registered as a zero FIR at Mirzapur GRP and has since been transferred and formally lodged at the Etawah GRP police station for further investigation.

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