Kalyan: A case has been registered against the mother of a two-month-old infant and four others in Kalyan for allegedly selling her to a Mumbai resident for Rs 2 lakh.
Police said the infant’s mother, Sheetal More, approached them with a complaint of fraud after receiving only Rs 40,000 out of the promised Rs two lakh. When the police investigated the matter, it was found that the mother herself had sold the child with the help of agents, including a friend of hers from Nashik.
In addition to cool Police has booked his friend, Kalpana, Agent Lakshmi Kondari and Amol Valhekar and Deepak Singh, who allegedly bought the child.
Police said Sheetal, a resident of Nashik, is the mother of two children besides the child who was sold. According to police, since Sheetal’s financial condition was poor and her husband did not help her, Kalpana paid a bill of Rs 8,500 towards her maternity hospital expenses.
Police said that it was Kalpana who had advised Sheetal to sell her newborn so that all her financial problems could be solved at once. Kalpana then allegedly took Sheetal and her child to Kalyan where she introduced him to Lakshmi and Indu. Both promised Sheetal that they would sell her child for Rs 2 lakh. He later sold the child to Deepak, who hails from Varanasi in UP but lives in Mumbai.
Senior police inspector Shekhar Bagde of Kalyan’s Manpada police station said, “Deepak’s brother died recently, and he has gone to his village in Varanasi with the child. However, he has promised us that once he comes back, he will hand over the child to us.”
Investigating officer Kunal Gangurde said, “Once we get the custody of the child, we will send him to the child welfare centre. We will also arrest all the accused involved in the case.”
Police said the infant’s mother, Sheetal More, approached them with a complaint of fraud after receiving only Rs 40,000 out of the promised Rs two lakh. When the police investigated the matter, it was found that the mother herself had sold the child with the help of agents, including a friend of hers from Nashik.
In addition to cool Police has booked his friend, Kalpana, Agent Lakshmi Kondari and Amol Valhekar and Deepak Singh, who allegedly bought the child.
Police said Sheetal, a resident of Nashik, is the mother of two children besides the child who was sold. According to police, since Sheetal’s financial condition was poor and her husband did not help her, Kalpana paid a bill of Rs 8,500 towards her maternity hospital expenses.
Police said that it was Kalpana who had advised Sheetal to sell her newborn so that all her financial problems could be solved at once. Kalpana then allegedly took Sheetal and her child to Kalyan where she introduced him to Lakshmi and Indu. Both promised Sheetal that they would sell her child for Rs 2 lakh. He later sold the child to Deepak, who hails from Varanasi in UP but lives in Mumbai.
Senior police inspector Shekhar Bagde of Kalyan’s Manpada police station said, “Deepak’s brother died recently, and he has gone to his village in Varanasi with the child. However, he has promised us that once he comes back, he will hand over the child to us.”
Investigating officer Kunal Gangurde said, “Once we get the custody of the child, we will send him to the child welfare centre. We will also arrest all the accused involved in the case.”
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