Archive · 19 Sep 2025
Security Guard Arrested for Kidnapping Children in Mumbai
A security guard in Mumbai, named Santosh Jadhav, befriended his neighbors' children.
One night, he took the kids, a boy and a girl, out to buy crackers and did not bring them back.
The family reported the children missing to the police.
Jadhav took the children to his hometown for two days.
After the police located him, Jadhav returned the children to Mumbai before fleeing to his hometown, where the police arrested him.
He claimed to have taken them because he got too attached to the children.
A security guard kidnapped two children, aged five and eight, from Mankhurd, Mumbai.
The accused befriended the children and their family while staying with relatives.
The children were taken to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad) for two days.
A kidnapping complaint was filed on September 15.
The accused was arrested on Friday in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.
- Who
- Santosh Jadhav, a security guard
- What
- Jadhav kidnapped two children.
- When
- The children were kidnapped on September 15, and Jadhav was arrested on Friday.
- Where
- The kidnapping took place in Mankhurd, Mumbai, and the children were taken to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.
- Why
- The accused claims he kidnapped the children because he became too close to them; the actual reason will be known after detailed interrogation.
- Accused
- Santosh Jadhav, 55
- Victims
- 5-year-old boy and 8-year-old girl
- Location of Kidnapping
- Mankhurd, Mumbai
- Location of Holding
- Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), India
- Date of Complaint
- September 15
- Arrest Date
- Friday