Baby Selling Racket

The Mumbai police busted a racket involved in selling babies and arrested six women for allegedly selling a newborn for Rs 5 lakh in the eastern suburbs in Mumbai, an official said today.

A baby selling racket has been busted in Hyderabad, in which a child trafficking gang identified girls while still in the womb and found buyers for them, putting a price on their head even before they are born. NDTV tracked this gang over the last six months.

A court in Jalpaiguri has given the police six days to interrogate Darjeeling's District Child Protection Officer Mrinal Ghosh and Child Welfare Committee member Dr Debashish Chandra in connection with the baby selling racket in West Bengal.

There was high drama before the police arrested Juhi Choudhury on Tuesday night, a BJP leader, in connection with the baby selling racket in West Bengal. The CID had been able to track her down to a house in Kharibari block of Darjeeling, just a 10-minute drive from the Indo-Nepal border. The information was that Ms Chowdhury - who had slipped into...

A West Bengal NGO being probed for allegedly selling new-born babies to buyers that include childless couples in India and abroad had forged government approvals to do so. Two women, the NGO's chief Chandana Chakraborty and its chief adoption officer, Sonali Mondal, were arrested by the state Criminal Investigation Department over the weekend.

By Roli Srivastava Mumbai: An increase in baby trafficking is reducing the number of children available for adoption as more couples wait to adopt, government officials said on Wednesday. Government figures show that currently 1,700 children are available for adoption in India, while some 12,400 families want to adopt. About 3,010 babies were adop...

Mumbai police have arrested a gang of six people accused of stealing babies or convincing single women to sell their children in the latest bust in a series of baby trafficking rackets.

As the West Bengal CID investigates the baby selling racket in the state in which babies were transported in biscuit cartons, there have been arrests in two more districts including West Midnapore and Burdwan. The state is now looking to plug loopholes as more and more cases of baby selling are identified. A pattern has emerged in the investigation...

As they investigate a disquieting baby-selling racket, police in West Bengal are also dealing with desperate pleas from families who feel their children are still alive and have been trafficked in biscuit boxes.

Two days after NDTV's expose about a child selling racket in Telangana's Nalgonda district, the police arrested the broker, Kamli, and are trying to track the babies she has sold. They have already traced 15-month-old Madhavi, the sister of the child she was trying to sell to the NDTV team.

The safety of Baby Bhavani -- the three-month-old at the centre of NDTV expose about sale of babies for adoption in Telangana -- had been a concern. Before the story was aired, the NDTV team went back to Nalgonda to ensure that she and her mother were all right, and found a hard truth: Bhavani was the second baby her mother was being forced to part...

The Telangana government today promised action against those responsible for child trafficking after NDTV aired its expose of an existing racket in the state to sell baby girls for adoption.

Though the baby abducted from Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital over two months back is yet to be found, investigations in the case have led the Crime Branch to a quack involved in selling newborn infants. The accused, who used to run a clinic at Antop Hill, has been arrested.

Nigerian police have raided an alleged illegal orphanage where they rescued young women thought to have been forced to bear children with the aim of selling them, a spokesman said on Friday.

Three days after Mid- DAY's sting operation to uncover the baby-selling racket flourishing in Ulhasnagar, the police has arrested the kingpins of the racket along with the parents of the child that was 'sold' to our undercover reporters on Thursday night.

The Mumbai police busted a racket involved in selling babies and arrested six women for allegedly selling a newborn for Rs 5 lakh in the eastern suburbs in Mumbai, an official said today.

A baby selling racket has been busted in Hyderabad, in which a child trafficking gang identified girls while still in the womb and found buyers for them, putting a price on their head even before they are born. NDTV tracked this gang over the last six months.

A court in Jalpaiguri has given the police six days to interrogate Darjeeling's District Child Protection Officer Mrinal Ghosh and Child Welfare Committee member Dr Debashish Chandra in connection with the baby selling racket in West Bengal.

There was high drama before the police arrested Juhi Choudhury on Tuesday night, a BJP leader, in connection with the baby selling racket in West Bengal. The CID had been able to track her down to a house in Kharibari block of Darjeeling, just a 10-minute drive from the Indo-Nepal border. The information was that Ms Chowdhury - who had slipped into...

A West Bengal NGO being probed for allegedly selling new-born babies to buyers that include childless couples in India and abroad had forged government approvals to do so. Two women, the NGO's chief Chandana Chakraborty and its chief adoption officer, Sonali Mondal, were arrested by the state Criminal Investigation Department over the weekend.

By Roli Srivastava Mumbai: An increase in baby trafficking is reducing the number of children available for adoption as more couples wait to adopt, government officials said on Wednesday. Government figures show that currently 1,700 children are available for adoption in India, while some 12,400 families want to adopt. About 3,010 babies were adop...

Mumbai police have arrested a gang of six people accused of stealing babies or convincing single women to sell their children in the latest bust in a series of baby trafficking rackets.

As the West Bengal CID investigates the baby selling racket in the state in which babies were transported in biscuit cartons, there have been arrests in two more districts including West Midnapore and Burdwan. The state is now looking to plug loopholes as more and more cases of baby selling are identified. A pattern has emerged in the investigation...

As they investigate a disquieting baby-selling racket, police in West Bengal are also dealing with desperate pleas from families who feel their children are still alive and have been trafficked in biscuit boxes.

Two days after NDTV's expose about a child selling racket in Telangana's Nalgonda district, the police arrested the broker, Kamli, and are trying to track the babies she has sold. They have already traced 15-month-old Madhavi, the sister of the child she was trying to sell to the NDTV team.

The safety of Baby Bhavani -- the three-month-old at the centre of NDTV expose about sale of babies for adoption in Telangana -- had been a concern. Before the story was aired, the NDTV team went back to Nalgonda to ensure that she and her mother were all right, and found a hard truth: Bhavani was the second baby her mother was being forced to part...

The Telangana government today promised action against those responsible for child trafficking after NDTV aired its expose of an existing racket in the state to sell baby girls for adoption.

Though the baby abducted from Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital over two months back is yet to be found, investigations in the case have led the Crime Branch to a quack involved in selling newborn infants. The accused, who used to run a clinic at Antop Hill, has been arrested.

Nigerian police have raided an alleged illegal orphanage where they rescued young women thought to have been forced to bear children with the aim of selling them, a spokesman said on Friday.

Three days after Mid- DAY's sting operation to uncover the baby-selling racket flourishing in Ulhasnagar, the police has arrested the kingpins of the racket along with the parents of the child that was 'sold' to our undercover reporters on Thursday night.