The Delhi Police has busted a syndicate of child traffickers and arrested eight people, including six women in the National Capital.
The accused have been identified as Neetu, Sonia, Vineet and Meena, all residents of Delhi, Rekha Aggarwal and Moni Begum, residents of Ghaziabad in UP, and Pinku Devi and Digvijay Singh, residents of Haryana.
A case was registered on Sunday on the complaint of counsellor of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). In her complaint, she mentioned that on Saturday, she received information that the caller sold out her three days baby through her friend, police said. During investigation, with the help technical surveillance, role of Neetu and her associates was surfaced. Verification revealed that Neetu in October last year gave birth to a baby boy at Madan Mohan Malviya Nagar Hospital, Malviya Nagar, a senior police official said.
Sonia got discharged her from there on October 27 and took her to her residence at Sangam Vihar. Next day, through Meena, she sold her baby (handed over custody) at a nursing home (IVF centre), Pratap Vihar, Ghaziabad for a consideration of Rs five lakh, the officer said.
Vineet took co-accused Neetu, Sonia and baby to Nehru Nagar in Gaziabad, polic said. Later, the accused persons were arrested. On June 7, the child has been recovered from accused couple Digvijay Singh and Pinku Devi from their residence.
The child is safe and healthy, the official said.
Interrogation has revealed that Aggarwal had worked in various hospitals and IVF centres as counsellor and after obtaining data of failed cases of IVF, she used to call the couples and arranged baby boy for them, police said.