Nanjangud police unearth sale of two babies during last fortnight

Rescued infants sent to govt.-recognised child care and adoption centre

The Mysuru district police have intensified their probe into a possible child trafficking racket after the Nanjangud police unearthed the sale of two babies to childless couples through a 60-year-old intermediary and her daughter during the last fortnight. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Superintendent of Mysuru district police R. Chethan said the police has rescued both the infants, produced them before the Mysuru District Child Welfare Committee and sent them to a government-recognised child care and adoption centre. The police began a probe into the matter after an anganwadi worker Shashikala, who was visiting the house of Jyothi, a resident of Thyagaraja colony in Nanjangud, as part of her duty to provide nutritious food to pregnant women, found the baby missing and informed the jurisdictional assistant child development officer, who lodged a police complaint on July 17.