Bathinda, October 9
The Bathinda police have arrested eight persons, including the parents of a two-day-old baby, who was allegedly sold to a Gurdaspur-based couple for Rs 2.50 lakh.
Bathinda City 1 DSP Gurjit Singh Romana said the accused parents reportedly sold their son to Satwinder Singh and Gurpreet Kaur of Jagatpura village in Gurdaspur for money. “The investigation revealed that the woman had given birth to a total of six kids, but only three live with them. We suspect she must have sold off her other two kids as well,” he said.
The case came to the fore after the woman approached the police, saying her son had gone missing from the hospital.
Romana said: “On October 1, Pooja, a resident of Bir Talab gave birth to a boy at Goodwill Hospital in Paras Ram Nagar here and later, with the help of her husband Sonu, she sold him to the Gurdaspur couple for Rs 2.50 lakh. Four persons who acted as mediators to sell the child — Guddo of Bir Talab, her husband Peter Happy, Gurmeet Kaur of Jaito and Rachpal Kaur of Bathinda — too have been arrested.” The DSP said: “On being interrogated, the accused revealed that as per the agreement, the Gurdaspur couple paid the mediators Rs 2.50 lakh, but the child’s mother was given just Rs 50,000. Irked over being paid less, Pooja lodged a false complaint of missing child.” — TNS
Parents among 8 held for ‘selling’ newborn
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