A 23-day-old girl child was put on sale by her poverty-stricken parents here on Thursday.
According to information, Manjula and Gopal, living in Medara Metta have four children. Two of them are girls. As they found it difficult to make both ends meet, they have put the newborn for sale at the Varni cross roads for Rs.10,000. An issueless Muslim couple of Gollapalli have purchased the child. On knowing about the pathetic incident, officials of ICDS started investigation. They went to Gollapalli along with police and took custody of the child. The child was shifted to the child care center in Nizamabad.
Parents of the child are stated to be absconding, fearing police arrest. (NSS)