Vadodara: Crime branch arrested a couple for allegedly attempting to sell an eight-day-old infant in Mumbai in exchange for a commission of Rs 20,000, police said on Thursday.Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted the couple carrying the infant on National Highway 48 on Tuesday night. while they were travelling by bus to Mumbai. When questioned…
New Delhi: Eight more people have been arrested in an inter-state infant trafficking case that was unearthed last month.The fresh action has taken the total number of arrests to 23. Police have rescued three more infants, raising the total number of rescued babies to nine.Among those arrested this month are two who were allegedly involved…
Ahmedabad: A 19-year-old woman on Saturday night lodged a complaint with Vatva police alleging that her month-old daughter was taken away and sold by a woman to recover a Rs 1 lakh debt, forcing her to approach the police after the infant was returned nearly 10 days later.According to the FIR, the complainant and her…
Udupi: Udupi police have arrested a local doctor and a resident for their alleged involvement in an illegal adoption and child trafficking racket involving a one-month-old baby girl. The arrested are Dr K Surendra Kamath, 76, a resident of Bannanje, and S Prakash, 50, a resident of Rajiv Nagar, Nejaru.Udupi SP Hariram Shankar said a…
New Delhi: Mukesh, a 40-year-old truck driver, and wife Reema, a 38-year-old homemaker, were a childless couple in Gwalior. Married for at least eight years, they wanted a baby.They had done the rounds of IVF centres and hospitals. Nothing had worked out. Their treatments sometimes brought them to Delhi-NCR. During one such visit in July…
Hyderabad: In a case of trading a 12-day-old infant, Kulsumpura police on Wednesday registered a case against five persons, including the baby’s parents. The baby boy was rescued from a couple who bought the infant.Kulsumpura police said that on May 29, an infant boy was born to a couple Mohan and Sandhya. The infant was…
