Cyberabad police arrest 11 in child trafficking racket, rescue two infants

The Cyberabad police arrested an 11-member gang involved in child trafficking and rescued two infants in Hyderabad. The gang, led by Babu Reddy and Gangadhar Reddy, allegedly targeted poor families willing to sell their babies and later sold them to childless couples for hefty amounts.

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police on Wednesday arrested an 11-member gang involved in child trafficking in the State and rescued two infants from them.

The arrested are Vemula Babu Reddy, Venkipally Gangadhar Reddy, Daram Laxmi, Ram Hari Roy, Kummari Harsha Roy, Sangeeta Debi, Gudepu Sujatha, Suraboina Anuradha, Esarapu Jyothi, V Madhavi and Pothula Sobha.

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According to the DCP (Madhapur), Ritiraj said the prime suspects Babu Reddy and Gangadhar Reddy had maintained two different gangs comprising men and women and took their help to search for poor people who would sell their infants for a price.

“After identifying the women who were willing to sell the babies, the gang members would pay the parents some amount and take away the babies. Later, they would sell the babies to childless couples for a price between Rs 6 lakh and Rs 7 lakh,” said DCP Ritiraj.

Babu Reddy and Harsha Roy were previously arrested by the Gopalapuram police in connection with the IVF centre racket in multiple cases and remanded. However, they managed to obtain bail from the court and resumed their activities.