Doc Among 10 Held for Selling Infants

Gang involved in kidnapping, sale and trafficking of babies from bus stops & rly stations busted

- NITIN RAWAT @New Delhi

The Delhi Police busted a gang and arrested 10 people, including a doctor and four women, for their alleged involvement in kidnapping and trafficking children from bus stops and railway stations and selling them to childless couples. A six-month-old boy was rescued, and five other trafficked children were traced and recovered, officials said.

The accused have been identified as Dr. Kamlesh Kumar (33), Veerbhan (30), Kalicharan (45), Sundar (35), Krishna (28), Preeti (30), Ritu (40), Jyotsna (39), Rubina Agarwal alias Rachita (42), and Nikhil Kumar (22), all residents of Uttar Pradesh.

According to the complaint, on August 22, a man travelling from UP to Behror stopped at ISBT Sarai Kale Khan with his wife and four children. While the family was sleeping at platform number-2, he realised around 11 pm that his 6-month-old boy was missing, following which he approached police.