A woman accused of buying a newborn for Rs 3,000 in Assam's Samaguri denied the allegation and said the child had been handed over to her to raise.
Sabina Yasmin, a resident of Kawa Mari in Samaguri, arrived at Rupahihat police station carrying the newborn and said she had not purchased the child.
“The child was not sold to me. The child was given to me to raise,” Yasmin said.
She said she had given Rs 2,000 to help the child and her mother during a difficult time.
Allegations had surfaced that an unmarried mother in Samaguri sold her newborn for Rs 3,000. A nurse at Nagaon Medical College was also accused of assisting in the matter.
According to the complaint, the woman had been in a relationship with a man named Dibyansh Kumar and became pregnant. It was alleged that Kumar fled instead of marrying her.
Yasmin's claim that the child was given to her to raise, and not sold, added a new dimension to the case.
