The Khanna police have busted a gang involved in buying and selling of newborn babies and arrested six accused, including five women. A newborn baby was also found. Poor and needy families were mainly being targeted by the gang.
Superintendent of Police (Detective) Pawanjit while addressing a press conference stated that on May 15, a female informant residing in Khanna approached the police and informed them that a gang had been active in the area, which lured parents of newborn babies from poor or needy families with handsome money in lieu of their babies. After buying babies from them, they used to sell them to customers at a much higher price.
The gang members have been identified as Kuldeep Kaur of Vijay Colony, Khamano, Fatehgarh Sahib, Harmeet Kaur of Sahnewal and Monica of Khanna village. The children sold by this gang were suspected to be used in illegal activities and were being exploited, added the SP.
As per secret information, even on Monday, the above-mentioned women of this gang were present at the gate of the grain market in Khanna with the intention of selling the said child of a woman, a resident of Ajnali village, Fatehgarh Sahib district. It was suspected that the accused had bought the child from that woman in lieu of some money and the child was to be delivered to their customer.
The SP revealed that a police party immediately conducted a raid and three women were arrested along with the child. After thorough interrogation of the accused, it came to light that Daljit Singh and Manpreet Kaur, both of Pratap Nagar, Ludhiana, and Asha worker Jasvir Kaur of Ajnali village, Fatehgarh Sahib, were part of the gang and they were also arrested.
The new newborn baby was safely handed over to his mother. The interrogation of the accused was going on.
The police will probe to find how many new-born babies had been bought and sold by this gang in the past, the SP claimed.
