Child selling racket busted: Thane Doctor caught red handed trying to sell 20-day-old infant
Doctor arrested
Thane: In a shocking incident, the Thane police have busted a child-selling racket and arrested a woman doctor including four others who allegedly tried to sell a 20-day-old boy for Rs 7 lakh.
A woman doctor including four others have been arrested by the Thane police in Maharashtra for allegedly attempting to sell a 20-day-old boy, an official said on Thursday.
Those arrested include the mother of the infant, a 61-year-old doctor and three agents, Thane Crime Branch Unit I senior inspector Dileep Patil told PTI.
In a joint investigation with the Women and Child Welfare Department, the Thane police detained and interrogated the accused.
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According to the police, the doctor is the mastermind behind the child-selling business who has been running the Mahalaxmi Nursing Home in Ulhasnagar for many years.
“We received a tip-off that a woman doctor from Ulhasnagar was selling infants to needy couples. We verified the tip-off through a decoy customer. On May 17, the doctor told the decoy customer there was a 20-day-old boy who he could adopt for Rs 7 lakh,” he said.
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