UP woman sells baby for Rs 50k, cooks up false kidnap story

She told the police that a woman, clad in red sari, escaped in an SUV after snatching her son from her near a marriage hall in Rasoolpur area.

Gorakhpur: 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 (July 12). 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, news agency PTI quoted police saying.. On Sunday evening, Salma Khatoon, resident of Ilahibagh area under Gorakhnath police station limits, informed police about the kidnapping of her son.