Sale of newborn in Nanjangud draws child rights protection commission’s attention

The recent case of sale of a newborn to a childless couple through an intermediary, which was reported from Nanjangud near here and under investigation by the police, has drawn the attention of Karnat

The recent case of sale of a newborn to a childless couple through an intermediary, which was reported from Nanjangud near here and under investigation by the police, has drawn the attention of Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Taking up a suo moto case, the commission on Thursday wrote to Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Bagadi Gautham and sought a report on the progress of investigation. The baby belonging to a recently widowed woman from Chamalapura Hundi in Nanjangud had been sold to the couple in Holenarsipur in Hassan through intermediary Shrimathi. The five-day old baby, born in a private nursing home in Mysuru, was handed over to the couple in June after the mother reportedly expressed inability to take care of the child due to poverty.