3-Year-Old Boy Allegedly Sold For 1.30 Lakh In Jharkhand, Rescued: Cops

The accused aunt and the woman who purchased him were arrested and sent to jail!

Another heart wrenching incident took place where a three-year-old baby boy was sold for rupees 1.30 Lakh in Jharkhand. 

The police have rescued a three-year-old boy of Jharkhand, abducted on June 19 and sold to a woman in Bihar for Rs 1.30 lakh allegedly by his aunt, an official said here on Friday.

The accused aunt and the woman who purchased him were arrested and sent to jail.

According to the statement given by an official it said, The boy who was rescued from the Makhdumpur area of Bihar's Jehanabad district was brought back to his home in a village under Muffasil police station of Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand on Thursday night, the officer said.

After the child went missing, his family members lodged a complaint with the police on June 20.

After knowing that he was last seen at the house of his aunt, the police interrogated her and she revealed that the child was sold to a woman in Bihar who has three children but no son.

Altogether Rs 1.10 lakh in cash was recovered from the house of the child's aunt at Meru village, the police officer said.