Updated On: 19 January, 2021 08:47 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
According to the police, the accused targeted new mothers from economically weaker sections and would offer to arrange ‘adoption’ of their child.
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The Mumbai Crime Branch, on Saturday, arrested 8 people, including a pathology lab technician, for selling babies in the guise of ‘adoption.’
The racket came to light after officers from crime branch received specific information that a woman in Bandra (East) had sold her child. Discreet enquiries were made and eventually, the accused were arrested.