Four women charged in connection with child trafficking case

Mumbai Police apprehended four Visakhapatnam women connected to an interstate child trafficking ring. The women were egg donors and "fertility agents." They were remanded in police custody until May 8. Following the recent arrest of a doctor and six others for selling a baby and a toddler, this brings the total number of arrests to 14 and the number of rescued children to four. The racket reportedly sold 14 infants and toddlers for $80,000 to $400,000 each.

Mumbai Police on Tuesday arrested four women from Visakhapatnam in connection with an interstate child trafficking racket, officials said here.

The women were working as `fertility agents' and egg donors, said an official.

A court sent them in police custody till May 8.

As many as 14 persons have been arrested and four children rescued by the city police in the case so far. On Sunday, Mumbai police had claimed to have busted a child selling racket by arresting a doctor and six others involved in selling an infant and a toddler.

Members of the racket had sold at least 14 infants and toddlers from Mumbai to persons in Hyderabad and parts of Andhra Pradesh since September 2022, charging anything between Rs 80,000 to Rs 4 lakh per child, police had said.

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