26 September 2022 03:21 pm Views - 3497
A young mother who sold her seven-day old infant child for Rs. 50,000 was arrested together with the husband of a nurse who facilitated the deal in a government hospital in Anuradhapura last evening.
Police said investigations have been launched to arrest several others including a 40 year-old man who had been living with the woman and allegedly the child’s father, a nurse in a government hospital, an attendant of the hospital and two school teachers involved in the incident.
The main suspect, a 21 year old woman was a resident of Kebitigollewa, who had been living together with a 40 year old man in a hut on the banks of Malwathu Oya river.
Investigations revealed that the female sold the child to a couple in Wahalkada area due to economic constraints.
The female suspect stated that she had one and half year old son as well. (Dayaratne Embogama)