"child-trafficking"

Gujarat and Telangana police conducted raids in Hyderabad in connection with a child trafficking racket, arresting members of the Murugan gang, which allegedly abducted and sold infants across states and sold 25 children in a year.

Andhra Pradesh police busted a child trafficking network in Eluru, uncovering illegal sales of a newborn girl for ₹3 lakh and a boy for ₹30,000. Six accused face charges under trafficking and juvenile justice laws; investigations continue

In Balasore, Odisha Police rescued a two-and-a-half-year-old boy allegedly sold by his father for Rs 1 lakh in Nilgiri. The father and buyer were detained after a viral video exposed the deal. The child was handed to welfare authorities

Ahmedabad Police’s SHE Team rescued a 15-day-old newborn from an inter-state child trafficking network. Three suspects were arrested; two key traffickers remain absconding. The infant’s health and safety are being ensured, while a multi-team investigation continues

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.

Jharkhand police have launched a probe into allegations that 27 children from West Singhbhum district were trafficked to Nepal under the guise of education. Two escapees revealed the operation, prompting efforts to trace the remaining children and bring them home

Karimnagar Town-II police arrested five people, including a lactating mother, for attempting to sell a seven-day-old baby for Rs. 5 lakh. The mother, Sheelam Saisree from Visakhapatnam, was allegedly persuaded by her friends Abhinav and Hina to sell the child due to financial distress.

A Punjab couple allegedly sold their six-month-old son to a scrap dealer for Rs 1.8 lakh due to drug addiction. Police have recovered the child and booked both families under human trafficking charges, as ordered by the child rights commission

The surrogacy and child trafficking scam linked to Universal Srushti Fertility Centers has shaken Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, leading to the transfer of investigations to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) at the Crime Branch. Over 25 individuals, including the clinic owner Dr. A Namratha, have been arrested for running an elaborate racket in the region.

Two missing girls have also been rescued from the gang, they said. According to the police, two teenage girls had gone missing from the Maniyar police station area within a month

She was transported to Hyderabad on a prisoner transit warrant, presented before the court, and placed in judicial custody. The Rachakonda police have also submitted a petition requesting her custody for further questioning regarding the child-selling racket that was uncovered in the last week of February.

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

Prime suspect Mehdi Ali, took the photograph of the child and circulated it in a WhatsApp group of brokers.

Cyberabad Women & Children Safety Wing (W&CSW) DCP K. Srujana, in the meeting said that facial recognition software application ‘Darpan’ will be utilized to identify missing children.

The RPF personnel and BBA team during their routine rounds on Platform No.1, found two children who appeared to be in distress and were accompanied by a suspicious person.

Rachakonda CP Tarun Joshi said the prime suspect, Shobarani, who also runs a health clinic at Medipally, along with Swapna and Saleem, were bringing the infants from Delhi and Maharashtra.

Seventeen minors - 16 girls and a boy - who were trafficked from Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have been rescued from Delhi.

A gang which allegedly sold babies to needy couples has been busted here with the arrest of five persons from Mumbai and one from Nashik.

RPF carried out raids on a summer special train and rescued six child trafficking victims and detained five traffickers.

A three-month-old girl was sold by her father for Rs 70,000, and 11 people were found to have been involved in the case, said the police, adding that all the accused have been apprehended.