In a joint operation, the Telangana police and the Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) Department rescued a 27-day-old male infant who was allegedly sold by his parents for ₹5 lakh.
Officials have admitted the infant to the government-run Sishu Gruha, where the baby is in a stable condition, West Godavari District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) Ch. Surya Chakraveni said on Wednesday.
Officials said that a woman named G. Mallika hailing from Chintalapudi mandal in West Godavari district had given birth to a boy on March 3 at a private clinic in Aswaraopeta of Bhadradri Kothagudem district in Telangana. Later, Mallika’s husband Arun Kumar, and Arun’s mother Mary, sold the baby to a man named Buchibabu, a resident of Rajamahendravaram.
