Infants sold through Fake Adoption Papers; doctor, 9 others arrested
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An interstate child trafficking and illegal adoption racket was busted across multiple cities, revealing a gang involving a doctor and 9 others who allegedly sold infants, unwanted by their parents, to childless couples for amounts ranging between Rs 1.8 lakh and Rs 7.5 lakh using forged adoption papers, police said on Monday.
A total of 10 people were arrested, including a doctor, and six infants, all aged below one year, were rescued from various locations in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, according to police.
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