Newborn Odisha Girl "Sold" Due To Poverty, Rescued: Police
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The baby girl was rescued from Champeipal village on Friday evening and handed over to the child welfare committee, a senior police officer said.
A newborn girl, who was allegedly sold by her parents due to poverty, in Odisha's Jajpur district, has been rescued, police said.
The incident came to the fore after a child development project officer of Dasarathpur block filed a recent police complaint that Suresh Das and his wife sold the infant to a childless couple for Rs 7,000, they said.
The baby girl was rescued from Champeipal village on Friday evening and handed over to the child welfare committee, a senior police officer said.
No one has been arrested yet, he said.
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