Ahmedabad shocker: Dholka gang sold infants to childless couples, IVF centres for Rs 3L; 7-month-old rescued
"Solanki and the other four accused, who were arrested in the kidnapping case, used to sell the child to childless couples or IVF centres for nearly Rs 3 lakh," said a police official.
The cops are investigating if the accused had connections with the Hyderabad IVF clinic.
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Recently, an IVF centre in Hyderabad was in the news after police records showed that the clinic staff not only defrauded childless couples in the name of IVF and surrogacy procedures but also allegedly kidnapped children to run the baby-selling racket.
SP Omprakash Jat said that the five arrested included Manisha Solanki, who is a resident of Dholka and a native of Kheda; Binal Solanki, also a resident of Dholka, Jayesh Beldar, a resident of Rajkot, Mahesh Solanki, a resident of Kheda, and Siddhant Jagtap, a resident of Nasik, Maharashtra. "Jagtap purchased the child for nearly Rs 3 lakh and sold it further to be given to childless couples," said Jat.
Jat said Manisha was earlier involved in four other kidnappings of such infants.
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"She sold three in Hyderabad and one in Mumbai," said Jat. "The cops are also interrogating three more suspects in the case," he said.
The arrest of four individuals, including two women from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in Maharashtra, has revealed that an interstate
human trafficking
racket was operating in Ahmedabad. The four were arrested after the Dholka town police rescued a seven-month-old girl belonging to a roadside vendor.
Cops said on Saturday that the accused had previously scanned the area before planning the abduction. "On Wednesday, at around 6.45am, two of the accused arrived on a motorcycle and abducted the child while she was asleep. The abductors then travelled to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar via Ahmedabad in a private vehicle, where they met with an associate.
Cops said that until 2021, Manisha used to work in a private firm, and it was then she left her job and for the first time donated her egg at the IVF centre.
She then used to travel to Hyderabad, Telangana, and Maharashtra IVF centres to donate eggs. "There she came to know that childless couples were there to buy kidnapped children and that she could get a good commission," said officials.
Manisha then encountered Binal at one of the IVF centres in Dholka.
Binal was also donating eggs, and they earned Rs 25,000 to 30,000 for one-time donation. The duo were joined by Beldar, who was the brother of another egg donor. Cops said that Manisha met Jagtap in Maharashtra, and it was Jagtap who purchased the child.
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