Toddler ‘sold’ for Rs 45,000 rescued from UP, five held: Police

NEW DELHI: Four men and a juvenile were apprehended after an 18-month-old boy in Delhi’s Karol Bagh was kidnapped and “sold” for Rs 45,000, police said on Sunday.

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‘The child was rescued from Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh. Among the arrested is a 54-year-old man, a father of two daughters, who took the toddler after offering money to the accused as he did not have a male child, they said.

‘The incident came to light on September 24, when complainant Mukesh, a handicraft seller from Rajasthan, reported that his son had gone missing while the family was sleeping on the footpath at Pusa Road near Ganga Ram Hospital red light after participating in a fair.