Baby selling racket: 30 newborns including 24 girls sold; Reveals CB CID Investigation
The issue came to light after the police took up the probe into the authenticity of an audio clip where the former nurse is purported to have claimed to have 30 years of experience in "selling" newborns.
Chennai: The CB-CID wing of Tamil Nadu police which is probing a baby-selling racket in Namakkal; has stated that the investigation revealed sale of 30 newborns.
"Following the probe done so far, it has emerged that a total of 30 newborns including 24 girls have been sold," a CB-CID release here said.
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The release, however, did not mention the period over which the babies were allegedly sold.
A retired nurse and an ambulance driver are among those arrested in connection with the matter.
Widening its probe, the special investigation wing will now bring the parents of the children as well as the 'buyers,' besides middlemen, under the probe ambit, the release said.
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