Overview
- Police in Madhya Pradesh have arrested six people in Indore, including a beauty parlour operator, as the case widened into a suspected trafficking network.
- The toddler, discovered on April 18 along NH-552 in Sheopur’s Soinkalan, was placed under the Child Welfare Committee’s care after medical checks.
- Investigators used CCTV footage, technical evidence, and witness accounts to identify the car, trace it to Bhopal, and detain a Guna businessman and his wife.
- During questioning, the couple admitted paying about Rs 1 lakh for the girl through an illegal Indore network, with police saying she was sold at six days old.
- A local court remanded the couple as officers add trafficking and Juvenile Justice Act charges, search for the child’s parents, and examine a caretaker’s claim of abuse.