Overview

• Police arrested four suspects, including the infant’s parents and two intermediaries, after raiding a sting operation in Govandi
• Officers leveraged a tip from social activist Dr. Binu Varghese to set up an undercover deal at Lotus Junction
• Authorities intercepted the sale after two women were caught accepting ₹4.5 lakh toward a ₹5.5 lakh price for the six-day-old boy
• A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and POCSO Act provisions, and the infant is now in protective custody
• Investigators are seeking alleged ringleader Sameer alias Nabeel Shaikh, who remains at large and is linked to previous trafficking cases