BRAHMAPUR: Childline rescued a one and a half month old girl child from a couple at the Baguli Street in the city on Thursday. The baby is now with the Childline, said its director Sudhir Sabat.
According to the Childline, one A
P Kamakshi (name changed) of Sheragarh area in Ganjam district wanted to sell
her child in Baguli Street where three competitors agreed to take the child
home, but a person Iswar Rao of the street won the bid by offering Rs 5,000 to
the mother of the baby. When Rao promised to pay the money on Saturday, she
left her child and returned to her village, the Childline officials said.
On a tip-off, the Childline
members Anil Kumar Panda and Uma Prasad Choudhury conducted a raid on the house
and rescued the girl child from Rao couple. The Rao couple said the woman had
left the baby in front of their house, while the Childline members asked Rao
that why they did not call the police after getting the baby.
The Childline is searching for
the mother of the baby. After that the members of the Childline would request
the district administration to help her otherwise to send the baby to the adoption
centre through the Child Welfare Committee, said Childline director Sabat.
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