Mumbai : Thane Police has busted a baby smuggling racket in Ulhasnagar. This group of baby smugglers used to sell new born babies for two to three lakh rupees.

The modus operandi of this group was very simple.

They would first buy new born babies from families facing severe financial constraints for twenty to thirty thousand rupees. 

After that they would look out for such couples which were childless for years and then would sell the new born babies to them.

Police has recovered a 6 day-old baby who was being sold by this group to a Mumbai based couple for two lakh thirty thousand rupees.

The baby has been sent to a child-care centre while the parents of this 6 day-old baby have been arrested.

The police has also arrested Vijaya Sonawane,  the head of this racket along with another woman Rekha Ubale. Further investigation is on in this case.