The Central Crime Branch officials on Sunday, November 26, 2023, busted a child sale racket and arrested a gang of four, including three women. The officials also rescued a 20-day-old baby boy whom the accused had bought from Tamil Nadu to sell to a childless couple in Rajarajeshwarinagar in Bengaluru.
Based on a tip-off, a team of police intercepted a car and arrested the accused after a hot pursuit when they tried to escape.
Bengaluru City police commissioner B. Dayananda said that the kingpin of the racket was a woman who had sold three of her children earlier.
