Bengaluru: A 40-year-old woman has been arrested on charges of selling her 30-day-old baby for Rs 1.5 lakh to settle her husband’s loans. Her two aides and the purchaser have been nabbed.
The incident took place in Ramanagara, and cops have rescued the boy and handed him over to a child welfare home in Mandya.
Incidentally, the woman’s husband filed a police complaint on Dec 7 saying his newborn son was missing from home and he suspected foul play involving his wife. The couple — both daily-wage workers — has five children. Running such a big family on low income, their debts mounted.
“I have loans of over Rs 3 lakh, and my wife suggested to me some days ago that we could sell our newborn to a childless couple for money to settle…
