Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, A couple in a live-in relationship in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar allegedly sold their nearly one-month-old baby for ₹ 1.2 lakh, after which the infant was resold multiple times before being taken to Hyderabad, police said on Wednesday.
Seven persons, including the couple, have been arrested in connection with the alleged crime. For now, the baby has been placed in an orphanage in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and the district Child Welfare Committee will decide the next course of action, he added. The sale and resale of the infant came to light after the mother approached the police, alleging that one Kaushalya Pawar and her daughter, Seema Reshwal, took away her child, born on July 5, on August 7.
Police said Kaushalya knew the infant’s mother as they had worked together. Police said the woman had become very fond of the baby. “She just chose the wrong path to get the baby,” Ghuge said. The couple, Kaushlya, Seema, Sangita, Suresh and the Hyderabad woman have been arrested in connection with the case, he said.
The mother alleged that the two women coerced her and her live-in partner into signing some papers and paying them ₹ 1.2 lakh in cash, following which a case was registered at Mukundwadi police station on September 23, investigation officer Hareshwar Ghuge told PTI.
