Police today claimed to have solved a case in which a 26-days-old infant was lifted from here on October 19, by recovering the child and arresting eight members of a gang.
The gang would steal newborn boys as there was a huge demand from rich industrialists, who did not have male children, police said.
Three people were arrested from Chandigarh, including an NRI. The London-based NRI had two girls and paid Rs 5 lakh for getting a male child, police said.
The arrested also include three women.
Dimple Jain, a resident of Ambala, was arrested for acting as a middleman in the selling of the child. While Neetu Khanna from Patiala and Sefali Jindal were arrested for posing as health department officials and planning the kidnapping, police said.
The two would keep an eye on expecting mothers.
Three women have given birth to male children in a slum near here, knowing which the accused connived in stealing the infant, police added.
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