The arrested accused person been identified arsenic Sadashiva Shivabasappa Magadum, the boy's stepfather and Laxmibabu Golbhavi, a Sultanpura nonmigratory who had helped the boy's parent find a groom. (Express Photo)
The Karnataka Police connected Wednesday announced the apprehension of 4 people, including the stepfather of a seven-year-old lad who allegedly sold him for Rs 4 lakh successful the Belagavi district.
The arrests were linked to the alleged merchantability of a lad from Sultanpur adjacent the Hukkeri town. The arrested accused person been identified arsenic Sadashiva Shivabasappa Magadum, the boy’s stepfather; Laxmibabu Golbhavi, a Sultanpura resident; Sangeeta Vishnu Sawant from Kolhapur, Maharashtra; and Anasuya Girimallappa Dodmani from Kesroli successful the Karwar territory of Karnataka.
The constabulary said the stepfather, with assistance from the others, allegedly sold the lad to Dilshaad Sikandar successful Belagavi. According to the police, the boy’s parent was joined for the 2nd clip and Laxmibabu had helped her to find the groom, Sadashiva. As she gained trust, Laxmibabu allegedly told her that she would instrumentality attraction of the lad and asked her to commencement a caller beingness with her 2nd husband. On the different hand, Sangeeta had helped Sadashiva find a bride.
Dilshaad, who has 2 daughters, reportedly wanted a son. Sangeeta allegedly played a cardinal relation by convincing Sadashiva to merchantability the lad aft having helped him wed the boy’s mother. The lad was handed implicit to Anasuya, who allegedly falsely claimed the lad was an orphan and sold him to Dilshaad.
Call for constabulary confirmation
Dilshaad insisted that helium wanted a missive from the sellers earlier the constabulary that the kid was an orphan, said the police. Then, each the accused allegedly switched disconnected their mobile telephone and remained incommunicado.
Meanwhile, the boy’s parent approached the constabulary and filed a missing complaint. The investigations revealed that helium was sold to Dilshaad. The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has assumed custody of the boy. This is the 3rd specified incidental successful the territory successful the past 3 months.
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