Delhi Pꩵolice has busted an interstate child trafficking racket and arrested eight persons, including five women, officials said on Tuesday.
Two ✃persons were arrested from Delhi and six others were arrested following raids in Punjab, they said.
Police said that on February 20🐽 at Begumpur police station received information regarding sale and purcha꧋se of newborn babies in the area.
"A team was formed immediatel🦄y to investigate the matter. The team rushed to the given address and verified the facts of the call," Deputy Cꦐommissioner of Police (Rohini) Guriqbal Singh Sidhu said.
The officer꧙ further saiಌd that the team reached a house, where two women had a newborn girl child.
"When questioned, they could not give satisfactory replies about the parentage of the child. Later, they di🐻sclosed that they operate an interstate human trafficking gang which buys and sells n♏ewborn babies in different states. The girl child was purchased from Muktsar in Punjab for Rs 50,000 and waiting for a buyer," the DCP said.
Police said that an FIR wa✤s registered into the matter and the team arrested both the women.
The DCP said that police investigated further to nab other memb😼ers of the gang involved in the trafficking of babies.
"Multiple raids were conducted in Punjab and six🌟 other members of the gang, including three women were arrested. One of the accused women was found to have been involved in human trafficki🌊ng previously," Sidhu said.
The accused have been identified as Piyush Aggarwal from Delhi, Rajindꦯer and Raman from Punjab. Police said five women, two from Delhi and three from Punjab, have also been arrested. Further investigation is in progress, they said.
