Greed drive parents to sell two kids for Rs 3.25 lakh.

Sulaiman

Kanhangad: In a shocking incident, two children were found to be sold by parents, who aimed at making a decent earning over the deals.

The Hosdurg police have arrested the father of the kids, Sulaiman of Kanhangad South, and registered a case against their mother.

The incident, which happened nearly one year ago, came to light after the parents accidentally revealed the matter. On coming to know about the incident, the police registered a case under sections 370, 371 of the IPC without anybody lodging a complaint and made further inquiries.

Police said Sulaiman married twice and have eight and three children respectively from his first and second wives. He had sold the two younger children born to his second wife. At the time of sale, the elder of the two, a girl, was one-and-a-half year old the other one, a boy, was just six-month old.

A Mangalore-based woman lawyer acted as agent in the business. The first sale fetched Sulaiman Rs 1.75 lakh and the lawyer netted a commission of Rs 25,000. Two more intermediaries from Kanhangad were given a total of Rs 25,000.

The second sale was brokered by the lawyer alone and Sulaiman got Rs 1.5 lakh. In this deal also, she received Rs 25,000 as commission.