Karimnagar: A man is alleged to have sold his infant son for Rs 1 lakh at Saidapur mandal centre on Sunday. But the accused says his son died of disease.
The mother of the 20-day-old child accused her husband of selling the kid after sending her outside their home. But, the father refuted the allegations and said that the child died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Hyderabad.
The police registered a case. Police said one Hymavathi of Saidapur approached cops, accusing her husband, Jayaraju of selling their new born son for Rs 1 lakh to a barren couple. She urged the police to book a case against him.
Hymavati delivered the boy on at a hospital in Hanmakonda on June 10. The kid was diagnosed with lung related disease. Jayaraju admitted his son to Gandhi Medical College. He claimed the boy died on June 27.
He asserted that he had not sold his child to anybody as alleged by his wife.
Police summoned the couple to the police station and interrogated both of them. It is learned that Hymavathi and Jayaraj are making contradictory statements.
“It will take some time to establish what had happened. We need to ascertain whether the child succumbed to the ailment or was sold,” said a police official.
