Paradip, July 5: The newborn boy who was sold out by his mother for Rs 1L in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district has been rescued from Vizag on Friday.
The Child Welfare Committee has initiated action against the tribal woman for exchanging the one
-day boy to a woman hailing from Andhra Pradesh.
Following primary health check up, the newborn is undergoing treatment at the community health centre in Paradip.
One Mamina Sarda, a resident of the Sankhud slum, in Jagatsinghpur had given birth to a baby boy at Atharabanki government hospital on Sunday. After the next day she was lying in the medical bed alone whereas the newborn boy was found missing. Meanwhile, another woman identified as Manga, who was on the row to purchase the newborn baby, reported the hospital authorities that Mamina had sold her baby to a Vizag-based woman for Rs 1 lakh.
Acting on it, the Jagatsinghpur police took up an investigation and the CWC initiated a probe in this connection.
During interrogation, it was revealed that the baby was handed over to the Vizag-based woman for Rs 1 lakh.
The woman reportedly confessed that she was keen to abort her unwanted pregnancy. However, she waited for the safe delivery of it as the woman from Vizag requested her not to go for abortion.
“She also assured me a safe institutional delivery with a good amount for maintenance of the elder girl”, the mother added.
Following this, the police had constituted a special team to investigate the matter. Similarly, the CWC was for stern action against the offenders.
Police sources said the mother and the middleman have fled, to avert police action.
Manhunts are underway to nab the duo soon, said the investigating officer.
