A detailed probe is still underway to ascertain the motive behind the recent child abduction in Bhubaneswar. Whether the kidnapping was intended for adoption or sale will be found out, police sources said on Tuesday.

Commissionerate Police-Bhubaneswar successfully rescued the child who was previously kidnapped, finding the child safe in Balasore. Authorities have arrested the prime suspect Kedarsen Panda in Puri while also detaining a woman in connection with the case.

Police Commissioner Suresh Dev Datta Singh stated that the child was allegedly taken by Kedarsen Panda near Ram Mandir in Bhubaneswar.

Investigators are probing the woman's involvement, although her motives remain unclear. Reports highlight ambiguities in the roles played by two motorcyclists implicated in the situation. Police are examining whether the kidnapping was intended for adoption or sale, despite the woman in question having a child of her own.

Was abduction linked to organ trafficking?

Police Commissioner Singh has clarified that there is currently no such evidence linking the abduction to organ trafficking. Comprehensive efforts by four probe teams culminated in the child's recovery from a village under Khantapada police limits in Balasore.

“This rescue operation had appeared before us as a difficult manoeuvre. We had a very little vital clue to proceed. Initially, it was suspected that the baby could be trafficked outside the State. Immediately we had formed four separate teams and carried out the operation in a very deep, controlled, and articulated manner,” Twin City Police Commissioner Suresh Dev Datta Singh expressed in a presser.

“It was the question of a child’s safety as he cannot even express his name. The case was handled very sensitively. During simultaneous raids at different places last night, the missing child was rescued from a woman,” the Police Commissioner said.

“Two persons were detected in Bhadrak and Balasore, who had facilitated the shifting of stolen child by motorcycles. After a few hours, the accused Kedarsen Panda was nabbed by a police team in Puri,” Commissioner Singh stated.

“I had handed over the child to a woman in Bhadrak but not received a single rupee for this,” Kedarsen Panda said. When asked by mediapersons about his relationship with the Bhadrak woman, the accused man remained tight-lipped.