Five traumatic days later, Salma Begum of Jalpaiguri has been reunited with her infant daughter, allegedly sold off by her husband to a local school teacher for Rs. 25,000. The husband, Bulbul Haq, has been arrested, as well as the teacher Atul Basak, who is suspected to have brokered a deal and sold the infant to another teacher in the neighbouring district of Cooch Behar, 40 km away.
