Hyderabad: The Nalgonda police on Wednesday busted a child-selling racket and rescued a one-and-a-half-year-old baby girl. The police arrested former vice-sarpanch Kamli Bai, who had allegedly sold the 18-month-old baby to a couple from Guntur district for Rs 17,000.
Police suspects that the gang has sold a few more children from Sishu Gruha, the government-run orphanage of Devarakonda, with the help of government officials. Some of the babies were sold for less than Rs 5,000, said sources.
According to Devarakonda (sub-division) DSP G. Chandra Mohan, the rescued child had been was sold by her mother V. Rajita at a village named Chandanpeta. “We had got a tip-off earlier regarding the incident. After her arrest, Kamili confessed to having sold the child. Then we got in contact with the Guntur couple who had purchased the baby and rescued her,” he said.
