Khushboo Patani, sister of actor Disha Patani, rescued an abandoned baby girl in Bareilly.
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00:00That's actor Disha Patni's sister Khushbu in the video,
00:12seen responding to cries of an abandoned child near their home in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
00:17A former army officer, Khushbu, said she had to climb over a wall to reach a crying infant with visible injuries.
00:40Patni then went on to inform local authorities and the child was taken to a local hospital.
00:47Shortly after the incident was reported, a woman searching for her missing daughter came forward.
00:58According to the woman, she'd been traveling to Bihar when she handed her crying child to an unfamiliar man to help soothe her.
01:04She says he fled with the baby.
01:06Patni later called the incident heartbreaking, pointing to how poverty can lead to moments of desperation.
01:20Child disappearances around railway stations are a long-standing crisis in India.
01:33Between 2018 and 2024, over 84,000 children were rescued by the Railway Protection Force under its Nanhe Farishtay initiative.