The Maharashtra police booked four persons for allegedly selling a 17-day-old baby for Rs 1 lakh in Maharashtra’s Thane district.
According to PTI, a couple sold their son to a man and a woman from Raigad district on October 14, a police officer said.
A senior police officer said an FIR has been registered against the four persons under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
The officer said that the couple already has a four-year-old son and they claimed that they are not able to take care of the newborn. The Raigad couple bought the baby for Rs one lakh and an illegal transactions was highlighted by the Women and Child Welfare (WCW) department.
Maharashtra Police bust digital arrest scam worth RS 58.13 crores; 7 arrested
In a separate incident, a 72-year-old businessman from Mumbai was duped of ₹58.13 crore in the largest Digital Arrest fraud ever reported in India, leading the Maharashtra Police to bust a scam and arrest seven individuals involved in the racket.
The scammers allegedly posed as law enforcement officials, duping victims into transferring money into fake accounts.
The nodal agency for cybersecurity and enforcement of cybercrime in the state of Maharashtra, Office of the Additional Director General of Police, Maharashtra State Cyber Department, initiated a multi-pronged investigation after the senior citizen approached them with a complaint about being digitally arrested and losing money.
In this case, Maharashtra Cyber has registered a criminal offence under section 61(2), 112, 126(2), 204, 205, 308(2), 316(2), 318(4), 336(2), 336(2), 338, 340(2), 351(2) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 r/w 66(C), 66(D) Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000.
