Man sells 1-year-old son for Rs 45,000

A man allegedly sold his one-year-old son for Rs 45,000 in Gagalheri police station area of Saharanpur district, police said.

In a complaint, the child's mother alleged that her husband, in collusion with an ASHA nurse, sold her son for Rs 45,000 to a couple from Yamunanagar in Haryana, Gagalheri police station SHO Jagdish Sharma said.

A case has been registered and further investigation into the matter is on, the SHO said.