Missionaries of Charity woman staffer arrested for 'selling' baby
(PTI desk)
A woman staffer has been arrested and two others, including a sister-in-charge, detained for allegedly selling a child born to an inmate of a shelter home Nirmal Hriday, run by Mother Teresa-founded Missionaries of Charity in Patna. Anima Indwar was apprehended based on a complaint filed by Rupa Verma, chairperson of Child Welfare Committee's Ranchi unit, Kotwali police station officer-in-charge Shyamanand Mandal said.
What was the whole incident?
Verma said a couple from Uttar Pradesh's Shone Bhadra district had approached CWC and claimed, "Indwar, who handed over the child to them on May 14 for Rs. 1.2L had called them up on July 1 and asked them to visit the shelter home for completing certain formalities." "When the child was brought to the home, Indwar took the boy away," the couple said.
Boy is in custody of Child Welfare Committee currently
Verma also clarified that Indwar had called up the couple a day after the CWC carried out a surprise check at Nirmal Hriday, which provides shelter to unwed mothers, and seized important documents. "The boy is in custody of CWC at present," she said, claiming that a baby-selling racket has been operating from the shelter home for some time.
