Horrifying ‘baby farm’ uncovered where unwanted children are bought, sold and swapped for £1000 each
Two of the children have since been rescued by police in India
A SHOCKING baby farm has been discovered where unwanted newborns are bought, sold into trafficking or swapped for around £1000 each.
Babies born out of rape or wedlock were delivered at a private hospital in India and then callously sold.
Two of the babies have since been rescued by police from the 30-bed Palash Hospital in the Gwailor district.
Prateek Kumar, from the ASP crime branch, told Times of India: "Three others have been sold to childless couples in Uttar Pradesh and Chattisgarh."
Hospital manager Arun Bhadoria was arrested, and claimed agents in the Chambal region fetched girls with unwanted pregnancies.
An investigation was launched when he could not give the whereabouts of two babies found in the hospital.
In total, five people have been charged with buying or disposing of any person as a slave, habitual dealing in slaves and buying a minor for the purpose of prostitution.
An investigating officer told the Times of India: "When a girl or her parents approached them for a termination of pregnancies, doctors at this hospital used to convince them assuring a safe and secret delivery.
"Once the baby is delivered and the mother gets discharged, hospital authorities start hunting for gullible couples who could buy them."
The hospital was raided on Saturday night following a tip-off about trafficked infants.
Police are now searching for couples who bought babies from the hospital and for those that were sold.