Interstate child trafficking racket surfaces in Hyderabad; one arrested

Police said that the main accused Samadhan Patil used to buy children aged one month to one year and sell them in Maharashtra in return of huge amounts of money.

Hyderabad: In the City of Pearls, the life of foetuses is being priced while they are still in the womb. Before the umbilical cord is cut, the hospitals are making agreements with the parents to sell off their infants. By paying that price, they are separating the babies from their mothers. A recent arrest of a man with a baby by the Dadar railway station near Mumbai has uncovered a major baby selling racket.

Mumbai Police has reached Hyderabad to trace the masterminds. Reliable sources said that doctors in some private and government hospitals have been questioned in this regard. The racket came to light after a Maharashtra couple filed a complaint at the Kurar Police Station in regarding the disappearance of their infant at the hospital.

During the police investigation, it was revealed that child smuggling agent Samadhan Patil was behind it. A police official said that he was caught by the Mumbai police at Dadar station while returning to Mumbai after failing to reach a bargain on the sale of a child he had bought in Hyderabad. Based on the information obtained from Patil, five other members of the gang were identified and arrested.