In Need of Money, Couple Sells Infant Son For Rs 1.10 Lakh In Nagpur

Nagpur: Six persons have been arrested including parents of a five-day-old son for allegedly selling their infant son to a childless couple for Rs 1.10 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.

The arrested accused are identified as Sunil alias Bhondu Dayaram Gendre (31) and his wife Shweta (27). 

Sold Infant For Money

According to officials, the couple was driven by financial desperation to sell the infant.

The operation by the Anti-Human Trafficking Squad (AHTS) has brought to light a disturbing case of illegal child trafficking involving not just the seller and the buyer but also two others who mediated the transaction, they said.

The accused parents allegedly sold their newborn to the childless couple who were eager to adopt but circumvented the legal adoption process. In addition to the biological parents, the police also apprehended the couple who purchased the baby and the two mediators who facilitated the deal.

The arrested accused are identified as Sunil alias Bhondu Dayaram Gendre (31) and his wife Shweta (27), and the childless couple as Pournima Shelke (32) and her husband Snehdeep Dharamdas Shelke (45), both residents of Badlapur in Thane district, police said.

The two mediators are identified as Kiran Ingle (41) and her husband Pramod Ingle (45), residents of Nagpur, they said.

The infant has been temporarily placed in the care of a local orphanage, the officials said. 

(With Inputs from PTI)