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1000 children illegally sold-adopted annually in Hyderabad, say police
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The Hyderabad city has once again reappeared on the roadmap of the illegal child adoption racket and emerging as a major hub with more than 1,000 children sold to buyers from across the country every year. Campaigners and activists against the racket say children aged up to five years, are sourced from poor households, private nursing homes and Shishu Gruhas.
The Hyderabad city has once again reappeared on the roadmap of the illegal child adoption racket and emerging as a major hub with more than 1,000 children sold to buyers from across the country every year. Campaigners and activists against the racket say children aged up to five years, are sourced from poor households, private nursing homes and Shishu Gruhas.
Police sources said the rates of babies are fixed according to his/her health and prospective parents pay anywhere between Rs 3,000 and Rs 50,000. Telangana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (TSCPCR) officials say that on April 21, an 18-month-old baby girl was allegedly sold for Rs 10,000 in Nalgonda district. Last December, a couple was arrested in the Chilkalguda area for selling a baby girl to a childless couple for Rs 15,000. In another case, three women and a man were arrested in Bansilalpet for selling a 15-day-old baby girl for Rs 20,000.
"In several such cases, the middlemen strike a deal with infertility centres and private nursing homes to keep an eye on prospective buyers , mostly childless couple," said Achyutha Rao, member of TSCPCR.
"In many cases, the baby is separated from the biological mother at a very young age. To make the baby look healthier, the kingpins of the racket give them health supplements. In some cases, the children are sold directly from the nursing homes," he says. Under the legal process, it takes at least two to five years to adopt a baby. But in illegal action it takes just 2 months, says an official of the state women and child welfare department.
Interestingly, in the city girl child is equally preferred like boys, which is not the case in districts. While IPC Section 372 elaborates on sale of minors but also deals with flesh trade. Two decades ago child adoption racket had raised national furore with involvement of a senior police official Swaranjit Sen's wife Mona Lisa Sen and her outfit in illegal child adoption racket. She was even arrested.
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