In a bizarre yet shameful incident, a couple in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj sold their three-months-old babyto a businessman to purchase a second-hand car.
According to the media reports,the couple has sold their newly born baby to a businessman for Rs 1.5 lakh.
The matter came to light onThursday when the maternal grandparents of the child approached the police to lodgea complaint against the couple.
The complaint allegedly statesthat the couple, resident of Tirwa Kotwali police station area in Kannauj hadsold off their three-month-old baby to a businessman based in Gursahaiganj tobuy a second-hand car worth Rs 1.5 lakh.
“While the baby is still in thepossession of the trader, we have called the woman and her husband forquestioning on Friday,” Inspector Kotwali Shailendra Kumar Mishra told the mediahouse.