Mumbai: A 40-year-old woman has registered a police complaint against a beggar for attempting to kidnap her nine-year-old daughter. The alert child had stopped a stranger and requested him to call her mother immediately. Police have registered an FIR.The incident occurred on March 21. The complainant works as a maid. Around 7 pm, she sent her daughter to Bhagat Singh Nagar slum in Goregaon (W) with some kheer to be delivered to her friend’s place. She then got busy. Shortly, she received a call from her daughter stating that she couldn’t find her friend’s house and was lost. The complainant then asked her daughter to wait and called up her friend, asking her to go to her daughter. But thereafter, the complainant got another phone call asking her to come down immediately as her daughter was crying. When the complainant reached the location, she found a large number of people gathered. Her daughter told her that a beggar, Chanda, who had come to their house earlier the same day had been following her and had grabbed her hand, asking her to accompany her for some food. The nine-year-old then stopped the stranger and requested him to call her mother immediately. The public then dialled police emergency number ‘100’ and handed over Chanda for inquiry.
