New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- A 35-year-old woman allegedly kidnapped a three-month-old boy from the Safdarjung Hospital last week, took him home, and told the family that she has delivered the baby, all after months of faking pregnancy. Police said the woman, Neetu Singh, was arrested on Thursday and the baby was sent to his parents.

Last month, she visited the Safdarjung Hospital and befriended a 32-year-old woman, who was getting treated for abdominal pain. The woman told the police that she was at the hospital for three days where she met Neetu in the waiting hall.

She said Neetu would often visit the hospital, check on her and on Wednesday, at around 10.15am, the woman stepped out of the hospital to buy something. She left her three-month-old...