Overview
- The case involves an alleged attempt to sell a newborn boy for Rs 5 lakh at a Govandi nursing home in the Shivaji Nagar area.
- Five people were booked, including clinic owner Dr Kayamuddin (Qayamuddin) Khan, nurse Anita Popat Sawant, the infant’s mother, an agent named Shama, and a woman identified as Darshana.
- The doctor and the nurse were arrested, produced in court, and remanded to five days of police custody.
- Police state the doctor is a BUMS practitioner without legal authority to conduct deliveries and are probing past illegal abortions, clinic records, and financial transactions for links to a wider network.
- An activist’s tip prompted the raid, while investigators say the 21-year-old unmarried mother, who delivered prematurely and remains hospitalized, is being assessed for her role and well-being.