Summary The recovered newborn was discovered to be sold by the parents due to poverty.
PESHAWAR (Web Desk) - The case of newborn babies’ kidnapping and sale took a new turn as the parents themselves were found involved in the sale of a baby girl recovered from the custody of alleged gang members, Dunya News reported on Monday.
On Friday, Peshawar police busted a gang involving five women and two men, including a nurse, two health workers and an agent for alleged involvement in baby trafficking.
The gang swapped newborn babies with the bodies of dead infants in hospitals and maternity homes, and told their parents the child had died.
The gang used to sell a baby for Rs300,000 to the couples who were unable to conceive.
During the investigation, the suspects revealed that a couple sold a baby girl to them for 100,000 rupees.
After the identification, police managed to arrest the couple in Pabbi tehsil of Nowshera district today who revealed that they already have five daughters and financial crisis forced them to sale their sixth daughter.
Police have started investigation in the light of the fresh statements.
