Linyi City: In a disturbing incident, a man was caught trying to sell his infant son for around 70,000 yen (over seven lakh rupees) in eastern China, to buy a car that his wife demanded as compensation to divorce him.
The father was filmed as he was waiting with the five-month-old baby for a prospective buyer on January 12 in Linyi city, eastern China, according to a report on Daily Mail.
The video was posted on the Chinese website iqilu.com.
Unable to bear the cold, the baby had started wailing, catching the attention of the patrol officers.
Finding the man suspicious, the police detained him doubting that he might harm the baby. However, the accused, identified as Zhang, confessed to putting up his son for sale online after interrogation, according to the report.
Zhang was trying to sell his son for Rs. 7, 90,000 to a stranger who had approached him on the internet. With the money, the man was intending to buy a car that his wife demanded to divorce him.
The report also quoted him saying that he wanted to find a good place for the baby before the couple got divorced.
The case has sparked an online furore in China’s micro-blogging platform Weibo, where many have criticised the father’s behaviour.
