Lahore police have arrested two women on charges of kidnapping children and smuggling them to other provinces.
Police said the latest incident involved a child who was abducted from Lahore and recovered 48 hours later from the Badami Bagh area. Both suspects were taken into custody during the recovery operation.
According to officials, investigators are examining whether the women were part of a group involved in smuggling kidnapped children in other provinces. Police have begun tracing previous reports of missing children to determine possible links.
The arrest follows another recent kidnapping case in the city, in which a newborn girl was taken from the pediatric ward of Mayo Hospital. In that incident, police tracked the suspect by examining footage from more than 500 CCTV cameras, including those of the Punjab Safe Cities Authority. The newborn was later recovered from a house in Shadbagh.
Investigators in the hospital case said the suspect moved across several parts of the city and switched multiple rickshaws before reaching her residence. Police later found that she had earlier attempted to take a child from another government hospital.