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Telangana Police Rescue 7-Day-Old in Alleged ₹6 Lakh Baby Sale, Detain 15

Officials credit a Child Welfare tip-off for the rescue that set off a trafficking probe.

Overview

  • Karimnagar Town II police registered a case against 15 people over an alleged attempt to sell a newborn.
  • The baby boy, about a week old, was delivered in a Hyderabad hospital and brought to Karimnagar, police said.
  • Child Protection Committee members alerted authorities, who traced the infant and shifted him to a mother-and-child care centre.
  • Police say intermediaries arranged a ₹6 lakh deal and attempted a handover near the Sai Baba temple.
  • A complaint by Child Protection Officer Jogi Thirupathi initiated the case, and the alleged buyers were identified in local reports as Bamandla Rayamalla and his wife Latha.