Infant trafficking racket busted

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Cyberabad police busted a child trafficking racket and apprehended seven people, besides rescuing a 15-day-old baby. The prime accused has allegedly been involved in the sale of 12 infants, the police informed.

The racket came apart after the police arrested 22-year-old Sarikonda Manga, on Monday. The police was on the lookout for Manga, who managed to escape last week when she was seen with the infant. The cops, however, managed to free the infant from her clutches.

On Monday, police arrested Manga, who led them to the prime accused, Vakapally Gangadhar Reddy. According to the police, Reddy, a native of East Godavarin in A.P., worked in Hyderabad as a mediator for fertility centres and women who sought to become surrogates, besides buying and selling infants.

The police said the rescued infant has been sent to a State home and efforts were on to find its parents.

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