Hyderabad: Rachakonda police busted interstate
child-kidnapping racket in Chaitanyapuri and nabbed 27 more persons on Wednesday.
The arrested persons are S Amulya (29), an ex-ASHA worker from Malakpet, Vaishali Bheemrao Wasnik from Nagpur, J Karthik from Kothapet, Sajjan Agarwal from Ghansi Bazaar, B Mangaiah from Abdullapurmet, B Nagaraju from Asifabad, R Ashok from Neredmet, Shai Ismail from Mailardevpally and M Vamshi Krishna from Nizampet. All others are adopted parents of the children.
Officials stated that, the gang procured each female infant for about Rs 2-3 lakh and sold for Rs 3-4 lakh. Likewise, each male infant was procured for Rs 4-5 lakh and sold for Rs 5-6 lakh.
Special teams were formed for rescue of infants who were procured and sold illegally. Further investigation is in process.
