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Poverty forces Bengal mother to sell child for Rs.2000
Tuesday May 22, 2012 05:29:53 PM,
IANS
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Kolkata: Unable to
take care of her seven-month-old child due to extreme poverty, a
mother in West Bengal's Nadia district sold her infant to a meat
seller for Rs.2000.
Rinku Das, a recently widowed mother of two from Krishnanagar in
Nadia district which is some 105 km from Kolkata, said she was
compelled to sell her second child - a girl - as she found it
difficult to take care of her.
"I do not have a livelihood. Whatever I had, is already sold. It
had become very difficult for me to feed myself and the children.
So, I sold my younger child for Rs. 2000," said Das.
Das sold the child to Madhav Saha, her neighbour and a meat
seller. Saha, who is childless, was happy to accept the child.
"Yes, I bought the baby for Rs.2000. I do not have a child and I
am very happy to get her," Das said.
Though police have not arrested them, they called both Das and
Saha and asked the mother to take back the child.
"It is illegal to sell the baby. We know it is difficult for the
mother to take care of the child. But for the welfare of the baby,
it is necessary that she stays with her mother," said an officer
of Krishnanagar police station.
"Though Das was willing to take back her child, Saha has been
reluctant and coaxing us to allow him to keep the baby," the
officer added.
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