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The Chamarajanagar territory constabulary person arrested 5 persons, including the parents of a newborn miss sold for ₹50,000 to a mates successful Arakalgud taluk of Hassan district.
The babe miss was calved astatine Chamarajanagar territory infirmary connected July 26, 2025 to Sindhu and Manjunayak, a mates from Ramasamudra successful Chamarajanagar town.
When the Child Development Project Officer of Chamarajanagar noticed that the newborn miss was not successful her parents’ custody, a ailment was lodged with the Chamarajanagar Town Police Station connected September 15, 2025.
A lawsuit was registered by the constabulary and an probe into the substance began.
The baby’s parents, who had been absconding for astir six months, were traced utilizing method and technological probe methods, said a constabulary statement.
When they were taken into custody and interrogated connected January 23, 2026, the parents — Manjunayak and Sindhu — revealed that they had sold the babe for ₹50,000 done a Group D worker astatine Cheluvamba Hospital successful Mysuru to a mates identified arsenic Javaraiah and Netra, residents of Konnanuru colony successful Arakalgud taluk of Hassan district.
The six-month-old babe was recovered successful the attraction of Javaraiah and Netra by the police. The babe was rescued and handed implicit to the Child Development Department. “The kid is steadfast and doing well,” said a connection issued by the Chamarajanagar territory police.
The intermediary from Cheluvamba Hospital successful Mysuru, Shantha, the baby’s parents Manjunayak and Sindhu and the purchasers Javaraiah and Netra person each been arrested.
They were produced earlier the tribunal and remanded successful judicial custody.
A connection said the detection was carried retired nether the guidance of Superintendent of Chamarajanagar territory Police M. Muthuraj, Additional Superintendent of Police, Shashidhar M.N., Deputy Superintendent of Police Sneharaj, constabulary inspector Jagadish and constabulary sub inspector R. Manjunath.
