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patna, sep 4 (ians) a poverty-stricken woman in bihar's samastipur district sold her one-and-half-year-old malnourished son for rs.19,000 to pay off a debt. the infant was recovered from the woman who had bought him, police said tuesday.
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parvati devi, in her mid-20s, a resident of chandchaur village under ujiarpur police station, sold her son to another woman, shanti devi, of a village of neighbouring begusarai district sunday.
"my wife was forced to sell our son to pay a debt she had taken from a local self-help group after some people associated with the group exerted pressure on her to return the money. i was not aware of the sale till police recovered our baby from the woman who paid for him," said parvati's husband, ram babu, who works in new delhi as a labourer.
a district police official said some relatives of ram babu informed the local police that parvati had sold her son. the police swung into action on hearing of the sale, registered a case and began investigations.
"police detained two women, one of whom had bought the boy," an official said.
a similar case was reported only two months ago, when a poor woman sold her four-month-old son for a mere rs.62 in araria district to a nepalese couple. that infant has still not been recovered.
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