{"id":6148,"date":"2017-01-11T13:29:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T13:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.againstchildtrafficking.org\/?p=6148"},"modified":"2017-01-13T11:32:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T11:32:18","slug":"pune-mother-three-others-arrested-for-%e2%80%98trying-to-sell%e2%80%99-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/pune-mother-three-others-arrested-for-%e2%80%98trying-to-sell%e2%80%99-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Pune: Mother, three others arrested for \u2018trying to sell\u2019 baby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Source:\u00a0http:\/\/indianexpress.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

By: Express News Service | Pune | Published:January 7, 2017 1:15 am<\/p>\n

mother tries to sell baby, baby sold, pune mother, pune news, india news, indian express The one-month-old boy has been rescued by police.
\nThe Pune city police have arrested four persons, including three women and the founder of an orphanage in Saswad, for allegedly trying to sell a one-month-old baby for Rs 3 lakh. Police suspect that the case may be part of a larger racket. Police have identified the accused as Dipti Sanjay Kharat (30), a resident of Sinhagad Road in Khadakwasla, Latika Somnath Patil (23), a resident of Dombivli East, Thane, Asha Nana Ahire (27) of Ulhasnagar, Thane and Keshav Shankar Dhende (42) of Rajiv Gandhi Colony, Mohammedwadi, Hadapsar.<\/p>\n

Acting on a tip-off to police naik Shankar Kumbhar, a team from the Faraskhana police station, led by Senior Inspector Rekha Salunkhe, laid a trap and nabbed four persons near the Kasba Peth ward office of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday. Police rescued the one-month-old baby, a boy, from the four accused.<\/p>\n

They were arrested under Section 81 of the Child Justice Act 2015 on Thursday, and produced before the court on Friday. The court remanded the four accused in police custody till January 9.<\/p>\n

Assistant Police Sub-inspector Mahendra Jadhav, who is investigating the case, said one of the accused, Dipti, was in contact with Keshav Dhende, founder of Nirankar Balgram, an orphanage. Dipti allegedly acted as a middlemen and introduced Asha and Latika to Dhende.
\n\u201cInvestigation revealed that Latika, a former bar dancer, already has two children. She got pregnant again after an affair, and had a boy. She did not want the baby\u2026 so she got in touch with Asha, who was looking for women willing to sell their babies. Asha works for a commission\u2026 with Dipti\u2019s help, she introduced Latika to Dhende,\u201d said Jadhav.<\/p>\n

According to police, Asha and Latika came to Pune with the baby to meet Dhende and Dipti. Dhende allegedly assured them that he would look for families which were willing to adopt.<\/p>\n

Dhende allegedly planned to show the baby as an orphan admitted to Nirmal Balgram, and then sell him for Rs 3 lakh. Police suspect that he wanted to sell the baby to couples who wanted to adopt a boy, or to persons linked to illegal adoption rackets. \u201cThere is a possibility of a larger racket\u2026 we are investigating whether the suspects were involved in selling babies earlier,\u201d said the police officer.<\/p>\n

As per the website of Dhende\u2019s orphanage \u2014\u00a0http:\/\/www.nirankarbalgram.org<\/a> \u2014 he is the founder-president of the Nirankar Shikshan Prasarak Mandal. He also runs a hostel, Nirankar Vastigruha, in Jadhavwadi in Purandar district. The website also has news reports about Dhende\u2019s activities, and the awards given to him and his wife Nalini by various organisations. According to the website, both Keshav and Nalini are orphans.<\/p>\n

Dhende lived in the Sane Guruji Hospital Orphanage in Hadapsar, while Nalini stayed at SOS Balgram, Yerawada. Dhende established Nirankar Balgram on August 23, 2010, \u201cto build families for needy, orphan, destitute, single parenting children and rehabilitate them for their bright future,\u201d stated his website.
\nIn March 2014, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), along with child rights activist Anjali Pawar, had raided a children\u2019s home, which was allegedly being operated without a licence by Dhende, at an apartment in Sasane Nagar in Hadapsar.<\/p>\n

 
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