Pune : Pune police today arrested four people including three women for allegedly trying to sell a one-month-old boy for Rs three lakh. Police said the arrested women included the mother of the baby boy. "We have arrested Lalita Somnath Patil (23), a resident of Dombivli, Asha Ahire (27), a resident of Ulhasnagar, Dipti Kharat (30) and Keshav Dhende (42), both from Pune," said a police officer from Faraskhana police station here.
Patil is the mother of the baby. She and her friends -- Kharat and Ahire -- got in touch with Dhende who runs an orphanage in the city to help them sell the child, police said. "We received a tip-off that the accused had come to Kasba area and arrested them," said the police officer. "We are probing whether Dhende had sold infants in the past," he said. PTI
Patil is the mother of the baby. She and her friends -- Kharat and Ahire -- got in touch with Dhende who runs an orphanage in the city to help them sell the child, police said. "We received a tip-off that the accused had come to Kasba area and arrested them," said the police officer. "We are probing whether Dhende had sold infants in the past," he said. PTI
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