Andhra Pradesh Shocker: 3-Month-Old Girl Sold Seven Times in Three Months in Guntur; Eleven Arrested
Police have arrested 11 persons for their involvement, including the father of the baby. As per the police, the girl was first sold for Rs 70,000 by her father and in the seventh transaction, she was sold for Rs 2,50,000.
Vijaywada, March 29: A shocking case of human trafficking network which sells new-born babies to the childless couples has come to light after Andhra pradesh police cracked the case by rescuing a baby girl who was sold seven times in the past two months.
The three-month old baby from Mangalagiri inĀ Guntur district, finally landed in Eluru in WestĀ Godavari after changing hands at Nalgonda,Ā Hyderabad and Vijayawada, according to a report in Times of India.
Police have arrested 11 persons for their involvement, including the father of the baby.Ā Mumbai Shocker: 10-Month- Old Infant Abducted by Woman, Sold for Rs 1.50 Lakh
As per the police, the girl was first sold for RsĀ 70,000 by her father and in the seventhĀ transaction, she was sold for Rs 2,50,000.
Police said Medabalimi Manoj, a resident ofĀ Gandalayapet in Mangalagiri town, wasĀ depressed as his wife gave birth to a baby girl for the third time.Ā He decided to sell off his youngest daughter and started making enquiries. Ā Mumbai Police Busts Gang Selling Newborn Babies, 9 Including a Doctor Arrested
His wife initially agreed to his proposal, but later opposed him and was not ready to give away her child.Ā Manoj continued his search for takers and withĀ the help of one Mikkili Nagalakshmi, heĀ brokered a deal with one Meghavat Gayatri from Kondaprolu village in Nalgonda district onĀ Telangana for Rs 70,000.
A few days later, Gayatri sold the baby to oneĀ Bhukya Nandu from Lambadi Devala Thanda inĀ Palkad village of Nalgonda district for RsĀ 1.20.000.
Nandu with the help of his relative BhukyaĀ Balavarti Raju, sold the girl to one SK NurjahanĀ from Dilshuknagar area of Hyderabad for RsĀ 1,87,000.
Nurjahan with her contacts and with the help ofĀ one Anuboju Kiran from Khammam, sold her toĀ one Bommada Uma Devi, a resident ofĀ Narayanaguda in Hyderabad.
Uma Devi in turn sold the girl to one PadalaĀ Sravani from Vijayawada for R 2,00,000.Ā Sravani sold again sold the girl to oneĀ Garikamukku Vijayalakshmi, a resident ofĀ Collapudi area in Vijayawada, for Rs 2,20,000.
Later, Vijayalakshmi sold the girl to one VarreĀ Ramesh from Eluru of West Godavari district forĀ RS2,50,000.
The mother-in-law of Manoj along with herĀ daughter lodged a complaint with the policeĀ after he sold the girl.
Mangalagiri DSP, J Rambabu formed a specialĀ team with inspector B Ankamma Rao, SI EĀ Narayana and others to probe the case.Ā Starting with the father of the girl, cops tracedĀ every link in the chain and arrested 11 personsĀ involved in the case. The baby girl was handedĀ over to her mother.
Ankamma Rao said the modus operandi of theĀ network is to target childless couples and to sellĀ newly-born babies to those who are willing toĀ adopt a child. They have contacts with the IVFĀ centres at various places and they will collect theĀ details of the couples who visit the IVF centres.
They will select those couples who ran out of allĀ options and are willing to adopt a child. As it isĀ difficult for them to find sellers and buyers at aĀ time, they will maintain a network betweenĀ them. They will sell the babies to others in theĀ network for nominal margins if they do not haveĀ a buyer in hand, explained Ankamma Rao. HeĀ said that further investigation is still on to findĀ out in how many cases these people areĀ involved.
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