The clip shows the man walk up and take the 21-month-old boy by the hand at the Intu shopping centre in Derby about 10.30am on Thursday, May 8.
The child’s mother then turns around before confronting the man who is wearing a dark jacket and a cap.
Police released CCTV footage of the incident and are due to speak to an 80-year-old man about the incident after he contacted police believing it to be him in the video.
Detective chief inspector Nick Lamb said: ‘It appears that the man shown in the CCTV footage may have been acting with good intentions but we will be speaking to him today to ascertain the full details.
‘We received a large number of calls on the back of the appeal and I would like to thank members of the public for their response.
‘It was a highly unusual incident and we will be continuing our inquiries into it today.’
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