Patna, May 13 : Pushed to desperation by acute poverty, a Dalit couple in Bihar was forced to sell their toddler son for Rs.12,000 to raise money for another baby battling an unknown disease.
Ram Briksha Sada and his wife Punia Devi, residents of Khesrah village in Samastipur district, about 80 km from here, sold their two-and-a-half year old son Dipnesh Kumar to Baleshwar Sharma for Rs 12,000. Their one-year-old son had been sick for the last couple of months and they did not have enough money to even diagnose his illness.
Officials said Baleshwar Sharma, who works in Kolkata, had no children. A member of the village council tried to stop the deal but could not. Block development officer A.K. Arya said he had asked officials to probe into the matter and submit a report.
Reading such news in your esteemed journal makes me ashamed of
belonging to same sate where poors are being exploited for their
basic needs. Is this the situation the present government
claims for their good governance in the sate?
We claim to be in nuclear power and having anti ballistic missiles in
our arsenal, we have progressed internationally but have failed miserably at home! Who is responsible for this , obviously we
blame at corrupt politicians, we all Indians are responsible for
such a situation and should be ashamed . the need is to ban such a
sale
Dr Anwer Ahsan
Dammam, ksa
drahsan1954@gmail.com