Mangalore woman and couple arrested for buying child for Rs 90,000

Mangaluru, Aug 5 (PTI) Three persons, including a woman involved in child trafficking and a couple, who bought a child, have been arrested in the city, police said today.

Reshma, the alleged child trafficker, Jalil (43) and his wife Maimuna were arrested on a tip-off, they said.

When questioned, Reshma confessed that she had found the child six months ago at the Arsikere Railway Station and had sold him to Jalil and Maimuna for Rs 90,000.

Jalil, Maimuna and Reshma were arrested under Section 370  (buying or disposing of any person) of the Indian Penal Code  and produced before a city magistrate court, which remanded them to judicial custody.

Jalil (43), his wife Mymuna and Reshma (22) are the arrested persons. Jalil and his wife are from Monkey Stand near Mangaladevi while Reshma is from Bhadravathi.

Urwa police, after receiving the tip off stating the child trafficking is being carried out at Chilimbi, arrested the three.

During the interrogation it came to light that that Jalil and Mymuna bought a child from Reshma for the sum of Rs 90,000. Reshma had found the child near the Arasikere railway station six months back and she had called up the couple stating she would sell it to them.

The police produced the child before the Child Welfare Committee, which sent it to a care centre in Puttur.

Further investigations were on, police added