A nine-month-old baby boy was stolen from a couple The couple was asleep in an open area in front of the Venkateswara temple The parents lodged a complaint with police CCTV footage which showed the baby being carried away by a couple

A nine-month-old baby boy was stolen from a couple while they were asleep in an open area in front of the Venkateswara temple complex in Tirumala today, police said.

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The couple, after offering prayers, was sleeping with their four children in the open area when the child was abducted early this morning.

The parents lodged a complaint with police, who scanned CCTV footage which showed the baby being carried away by a couple. Photographs and footage were released to the media and posted on the social media as well, police said, adding that a hunt was on to nab them.

In January this year, a four-year-old girl was abducted from a couple by a man from pilgrim amenities complex at Tirumala. The girl was later rescued from a bus by passengers at Mahabubnagar in Telangana.