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Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Shocker: Parents Sell Baby for Mobile, 12th Fail Doctor Among 7 Arrested
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News18•29-09-2026, 10:02
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Shocker: Parents Sell Baby for Mobile, 12th Fail Doctor Among 7 Arrested
- •A one-month-old baby was sold for 1.20 lakh rupees in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar; parents bought a mobile and jewelry.
- •Seven individuals, including the baby's parents, intermediaries, and a bogus doctor who failed 12th grade, have been arrested.
- •The baby was sold three times, with the initial 1.20 lakh rupee transaction escalating to 3.5 lakh rupees in Hyderabad.
- •Parents used the proceeds from the sale to purchase a 25,000 rupee mobile phone and 62,000 rupee gold jewelry.
- •Fearing police, the accused returned the baby, who is now with the Sakar organization under Child Welfare Committee orders.
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The one-month-old baby was bought and sold three times, with the initial transaction starting at 1 lakh 20 thousand rupees and eventually reaching three and a half lakh rupees in Hyderabad.
Police investigation revealed that from the proceeds of selling the baby, the biological parents bought a mobile phone worth 25 thousand rupees and gold jewelry worth 62 thousand rupees, both of which have been seized.
The main mastermind of the racket was identified as Dr. Suresh Guntuka, a 12th-grade dropout who practiced medicine in Telangana using an experience certificate and mediated the baby handover.
