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Agartala: A four-month-old baby in Tripura was rescued after allegations that his mother sold him for Rs 4,000 due to extreme poverty. The incident came to light when CPI(M) Bishalgarh sub-divisional committee secretary Partha Prathim Majumdar alleged in a Facebook post that a woman from Basumati Tea Estate in Sipahijala district sold her son for Rs 4,000 due to extreme poverty. He stated that the woman has four children and takes care of them alone.
Action taken when Facebook post went viral
Police officials said that as soon as the post went viral, the administration swung into action with the help of Child Line and sent personnel to the cottage where the woman lives. He said that during investigation the boy was found with a couple from Udaipur in Gomti district. From there the police rescued the boy and returned him to his mother.
The police did not receive any complaint.
Bishalgarh Additional SDM Debjani Chaudhary said the administration has not received any complaint that the child was sold by his mother. It appears that the woman has been separated from her husband, who works in a tea garden. It is also true that her husband was missing when our team visited there.
He said the woman’s family got a house under the PM Awas Yojana besides a family ration card, but she lives in a hut inside the tea garden with her four children. He said: “We will provide financial and other assistance to the woman.
