Impoverished couple tries to sell 2-month old baby in Hyderabad, arrested

Driven by poverty and lack of labor in the course of the lockdown, a migrant couple in Hyderabad tried to promote their two-month-old child boy for Rs 22,000 by a mediator on Sunday.

The Jeedimetla police arrested the couple Madan Kumar Singh (32) and Saritha (30) from Uttar Pradesh, who got here to Hyderabad a couple of years in the past to work as building labourers and have been staying at Bathukamma Banda close to Jagadgirigutta.

Another girl recognized as Seshu, who was brokering the deal, was additionally taken into custody. The youngster was the couple’s second son, the primary one is seven-years outdated.

“We have rescued the child and shifted him to Sishu Vihar being run by the Women and Child Welfare Department authorities,” P V Padmaja Reddy, Deputy Commissioner of Police of Balanagar, advised Hindustan Times.

She mentioned enquiries revealed that the couple was going through acute poverty situations. “We are investigating as to whether there were any other reasons for the sale of the child,” the DCP mentioned.

The police mentioned the couple had apparently thought they’d not be capable of elevate the second youngster because of lack of sources. The youngster’s mom, nonetheless, advised the police that her husband was additionally hooked on alcohol and was pestering her for cash to purchase liquor.

“The couple managed to find a broker Seshu, who reportedly found a childless couple who agreed to buy the child for Rs 22,000. On receiving a tip off, we caught Seshu who was taking the child for a medical examination,” police mentioned.

Andhra Pradesh Balala Hakkula Sangham president P Achyuta Rao mentioned it was the duty of the state authorities to return to the rescue of each day wage staff who have been affected by poverty because of lockdown. “The department of women and child welfare should launch an awareness campaign about the Cradle Scheme among the poor people who were resorting to selling of new-born babies,” he mentioned.