In a bizarre yet shameful incident, a couple in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj sold their three-months-old baby
to 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 on Thursday when the maternal grandparents of the child approached the police to lodge a complaint against the couple.
The complaint allegedly states that the couple, resident of Tirwa Kotwali police station area in Kannauj had sold off their three-month-old baby to a businessman based in Gursahaiganj to buy a second-hand car worth Rs 1.5 lakh.
“While the baby is still in the possession of the trader, we have called the woman and her husband for questioning on Friday,” Inspector Kotwali Shailendra Kumar Mishra told the media house.