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

The boy who was rescued from Bihar was brought back to his home in a village in Jharkhand on Thursday night, the officer said.

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.

The boy who was rescued from Makhdumpur area of Bihar's Jehanabad district was brought back to his home in a village under Muffasil police station of Hazaribag 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.