Child trafficking racket busted in Hyderabad; 4 rescued, 11 arrested

Krishnaveni was paying Rs 1.5 lakh for a girl and Rs 2.5 lakh for a boy to Vandana and through Deepthi and Savithri shifted the babies to the city. They were later selling the infants at higher price to people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Hyderabad: An interstate child trafficking racket was busted by the Rachakonda police on Tuesday with the arrest of 11 persons. The police rescued four infants.

The arrested are Kola Krishnaveni, Battu Deepthi, Goutham Savithri, Battu Sravan Kumar, Amgoth Sharada, Budidhi Sampath Kumar, Oguti Naga Venkata Pavan Bhagavan, Oguti Rama Sravani, Teppala Vinay Kumar, Teppala Swathi and Lingala Ramesh.

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Rachakonda Commissioner of Police, G Sudheer Babu said Krishnaveni, the prime suspect in the case was arranging the infants from one Vandana of Gujarat and through a chain of agents selling it to childless couples in both the Telugu States.

“Krishnaveni was paying Rs 1.5 lakh for a girl and Rs 2.5 lakh for a boy to Vandana and through Deepthi and Savithri shifted the babies to the city. They were later selling the infants at higher price to people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Recently, Krishnaveni arranged two female and two male infants and sold it to different families,” said the Rachakonda CP, C Sudheer Babu.

On a tip off, the Special Operations Team of the Rachakonda police caught a few members of the gang at Chaitanyapuri and on inputs gathered from them apprehended the remaining members.

The police are on lookout for Vandana of Ahmedabad. “After Vandana is caught it will be clear if the infants were stolen and shifted to Hyderabad or their parents sold it willfully,” said the Rachakonda CP.

Krishnaveni was arrested by the police for similar offences earlier.