Couple Sells 5 Days-Old Son For Over ₹ 1 Lakh at…

Nagpur Police arrested six persons, including parents of a five-day-old son for allegedly selling him to a childless couple for ₹ 1.10 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.The operation by the Anti-Human Trafficking Squad (AHTS) has brought to light a disturbing case of illegal child trafficking involving not just the seller and the buyer but also two others who mediated the transaction, they said.The accused parents allegedly sold their newborn to the childless couple who were eager to adopt but circumvented the legal adoption process. In addition to the biological parents, the police also apprehended the couple who purchased the baby and the two mediators who facilitated the deal.The arrested accused are identified as Sunil alias Bhondu Dayaram Gendre (31) and his wife Shweta (27), and the childless couple as Pournima Shelke (32) and her husband Snehdeep Dharamdas Shelke (45), both residents of Badlapur in Thane district, police said.The two mediators are identified as Kiran Ingle (41) and her husband Pramod Ingle (45),