Prime accused in sale of two children held

One more illegal adoption racket detected; three children rescued

Madurai City Police have arrested the prime accused, Sivakumar, and his associate, Madarsha, in connection with the sale of two children from a home for elderly, women and children, in Theni district on Saturday. Commissioner of Police Prem Anand Sinha said that the accused were on the run for the last few days and a State-wide alert was issued to nab them. “He had gone to Chennai and Bengaluru. Our officers tracked him in Coimbatore and alerted the police across the State,” he said. On Saturday, his vehicle was intercepted at Bodi when he was trying to flee to Kerala. With this, all the nine accused in the case of selling two children - a boy and girl - without the knowledge of two women, who were staying in the home run by Idayam Trust, have been nabbed.