Child trafficking ring busted in Andhra, 3 children rescued, mastermind arrested

By our Special Correspondent

The NTR district police in Andhra Pradesh have busted a child trafficking racket and arrested five women, including the mastermind. Police also rescued three children, who were being sold to childless couples for lakhs of rupees.

Police Commissioner SV Rajashekhar Babu said Bagalam Sarojini, a 31-year-old woman from Vijayawada, was the mastermind behind the trafficking ring. She would target childless couples and sell them children, procured from Delhi and Ahmedabad, for lakhs of rupees, he said.