Child trafficking gangs on prowl, target poverty-stricken women in Andhra
Child trafficking gangs are increasingly targeting poverty-stricken women in Andhra Pradesh. Police have intensified their efforts to combat these networks, which have reportedly sold around 25 children in recent months. The gangs often involve women who transport infants and sell them to childless couples for significant sums of money.
- ▪A couple from Eluru district was involved in a child trafficking case after procuring a baby from a trafficker named Farheena.
- ▪Police have identified multiple gangs operating in Andhra Pradesh, with links to other states and involvement in around 25 child sales recently.
- ▪The selling price of infants can range from ₹2-₹10 lakh, depending on demand from childless couples.
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A childless couple from the Eluru district, who have been married for 10 years, migrated to a village in the neighbouring Krishna district in 2025. Ten months later, the woman, Susheela (name changed), returned to her native village, claiming that she had delivered a baby through IVF, a process in which pregnancy is established through implanting an embryo, formed from the woman’s eggs and the man’s sperm in a laboratory, in the uterus.Having faced social stigma and pressure within the family after trying and failing multiple times to conceive a baby, the couple approached a woman, Farheena, in Krishna district, who is allegedly a part of a child trafficking gang. The couple procured a baby from Farheena and returned to their native village in Krishna district.
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