The Washermenpet police, on Thursday, arrested a 22-year-old woman who allegedly sold her infant daughter to a family in Hyderabad for a sum of Rs. 1 lakh, and later, lodged a false complaint with the police stating her child had been kidnapped.
Mahalakshmi, a resident of Singaravelar Nagar 1 Street in Kasimedu, told the Washermenpet police on Wednesday that a woman at Government Stanley Hospital had kidnapped her two-and-a-half-month-old daughter, after offering to look after her.
Upon investigation, the police found Mahalakshmi’s complaint to be false.
They also arrested her aunt, Desappattu (45), and Muthukrishnan (54) of Washermenpet for aiding her in selling the child.
Police rescued the baby and handed her over to her father, Muthu.