RAWALPINDI: Police arrested eight women for allegedly trying to kidnap a five-month-old baby boy from his house in Mandra area on Monday.

Ghulam Nabi lodged a first information report (FIR) with police saying that his younger brother Noor Hussain, his wife and three children were living with him.

He said his brother’s wife was at home with her children on Monday when someone knocked at the door.

He said when his brother’s wife responded, she found eight women standing outside with one carrying a baby.

She asked his brother’s wife for a glass of water.

As she walked towards the kitchen, the women followed her and entered the house.

The complainant said the strangers entered a bedroom where little Khan Mohammad was lying on the bed.

He said that his brother’s wife started shouting when she saw the women picking up her baby.

On seeing that they could get in trouble, the women hurriedly walked out of the house leaving the baby.

However, he said all eight women were rounded up by residents of the street.

Published in Dawn, April 26th, 2023