West Bengal: In a surprising turn of events, an eight-month-old girl child was sold off by her parents for Rs 4,000 in West Bengal’s Midnapore district due to severe financial crisis following the COVID lockdown in India that left a major section of people unemployed.
Quoting police, a report by news agency IANS said that preliminary investigation suggested that the family was dealing with acute poverty during the pandemic that started livelihood opportunity crisis with repeated lockdowns since March.
As police was investigating the case, the parents admitted that it became really difficult for them to make both ends meet owing to almost no-income. The incident was reported from Harijon Pally area in the district.
According to Police, the uncle of the infant later somehow managed Rs 4,000 and got her back home on Thursday from the person she was sold to. He handed over the baby to the officials of the state child welfare department.
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