POLICE BOOK 150 CLOCK TOWER PROTESTERS

Questioned, she admitted that she had sold her daughter to a neighbour

LUCKNOW: Police lodged an FIR against Samajwadi Party members Pooja Shukla, Sumaiya Rana, daughter of poet Munnawar Rana and over 150 other Clock Tower protestors for violation of prohibitory ordersa and assault on public servant, on Monday. The FIR was lodged at Thakurganj police station.

BAREILLY: Moradabad police have registered a case against a woman for allegedly selling her seven-day-old daughter for Rs 10,000 to a neighbour at Kathghar area. The incident came to light when the accused (the woman herself) approached the SSP office to register a complaint against her neighbour, alleging that she wanted her daughter back. On being questioned, she admitted that she had sold her daughter to the neighbour two months back.

The SSP directed the station house officer (SHO) of Kathghar police station to detain the woman and register an FIR against her.The police later told reporters that the woman was married nearly three years ago and separated from her husband after she gave birth to a baby girl on January 4. Since she was living alone and her daughter had a medical condition, she allegedly threw the newborn on a railway track.However, the baby was saved by her neighbour, Rekha, who offered to adopt the baby.

As part of the deal, an ‘’agreement of adoption’’ was prepared on a stamp paper and baby’s mother was reportedly given Rs 10,000 for her ‘’consent’’.Two months after giving up her baby, the woman apparently had a change of heart and approached Rekha to return her daughter, but the latter refused.

Rekha is unmarried and lives in the same locality as the child’’s biological mother. She said, “I adopted the girl on January

8. Her medical condition was critical. A proper agreement was made but at that time, I was not aware that a baby cannot be adopted in such a manner.”

Additional SP Deepak Bhuker said, “Rekha had adopted the girl when she was on the verge of dying. We have booked the baby’’s mother for showing cruelty against her daughter. Decision on adoption will be taken up by child welfare committee.”

THE WOMAN WAS MARRIED NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO AND SEPARATED FROM HER HUSBAND AFTER SHE GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL ON JANUARY 4.