Overview
- A complaint led officials to register a Zero FIR after inquiries began on June 9, and the case records were transferred to Nandigama police for a formal investigation.
- Police say a childless couple paid ₹1.7 lakh to a relative in the presence of an intermediary to take custody of the infant at JP Dargah in Kothur mandal, bypassing legal adoption procedures.
- The baby was born on May 28 at a private hospital in Tukkuguda and was reported to have a physical disability before the biological parents allegedly handed him to the relative, Padma Paltiya.
- The 12‑day‑old infant was traced, produced before the Child Welfare Committee and, on the committee’s directions, placed at Shishu Vihar in Ameerpet where he is receiving care and protection.
- Authorities are probing the roles of two named mediators and the adoptive couple and are checking whether the transfer is part of a larger illegal adoption racket; a Zero FIR is used here to record the complaint immediately despite initial jurisdictional limits and the CWC directs interim child placements under law.