Woman sells her baby for Rs 50,000 in UP, cooks up story of his kidnap

On Sunday evening, a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur informed the police about the kidnapping of her three-month-old son. The police later found out that she had sold her son for Rs 50,000.

A woman allegedly sold her three-month-old son for Rs 50,000 here and fabricated the story of his kidnap to cover up the incident, police said on Monday. With the help of CCTV footage, the baby was found within two hours of the incident. His mother and the other woman to whom he was sold have been detained for questioning, police said.