In yet another shocking incident that illustrates the deep-rooted prejudice against female children in India's society, police have arrested four people in connection with the attempted sale of a newborn baby boy in the northern Punjab state.
Balwinder Singh and his wife Sonia of Jalandhar had allegedly struck a deal with an agent to sell their 4th child even before he was born, after an illegal sex-determination test showed the child to be male. The child was sold in December, soon after his birth, to a businessman desperate for a male child. The price was RS100,000 ($2,050)-- although the agent apparently paid only half the promised amount to the parents. More...
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