Ranchi: A woman who had allegedly purchased a baby boy for Rs 22,000 from Sonahatu area in Ranchi was detained at the Birsa Munda International Airport on Thursday and was finally sent to jail on Friday.
Police said the woman, identified as Nikhat Parveen, was stopped from boarding a flight to Mumbai at the Ranchi airport on Thursday as she neither had the ticket nor birth certificate of the infant she was carrying.
She was handed over to airport police station, which in turn forwarded her to anti-human trafficking unit (AHTU) in Ranchi.
Airport officer-in-charge Anand Prakash said, “The woman had reached the airport to board an Indigo flight for Mumbai on Thursday afternoon. The Central Industrial Security Force stopped her at the gate as she did not have a ticket for the infant. Since her behaviour was found suspicious we decided to forward her to AHTU.”
The police said further investigation would be carried out to ascertain the person who provided the child to the woman. Sources said Parveen in her statement has said that she has two girl children. She is a native of Hazaribag district but is currently living in Mumbai.
Police said the woman, identified as Nikhat Parveen, was stopped from boarding a flight to Mumbai at the Ranchi airport on Thursday as she neither had the ticket nor birth certificate of the infant she was carrying.
She was handed over to airport police station, which in turn forwarded her to anti-human trafficking unit (AHTU) in Ranchi.
Airport officer-in-charge Anand Prakash said, “The woman had reached the airport to board an Indigo flight for Mumbai on Thursday afternoon. The Central Industrial Security Force stopped her at the gate as she did not have a ticket for the infant. Since her behaviour was found suspicious we decided to forward her to AHTU.”
The police said further investigation would be carried out to ascertain the person who provided the child to the woman. Sources said Parveen in her statement has said that she has two girl children. She is a native of Hazaribag district but is currently living in Mumbai.
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