New Delhi, April 21 -- The Supreme Court on Monday expressed serious concern over the issue of child trafficking in the country and said the situation is getting worse.

A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadeva, while hearing a case, directed the Delhi police to take all necessary steps to find out the kidnapped newborn babies.

It said, "The situation seems to have gone from bad to worse."

The bench asked the inspector, who was entrusted with the probe in a case over trafficking of several newborns in the Dwarka area and was present in the courtroom, about what steps had been taken to investigate the issue of gangs involved in abducting and selling newborns within and outside Delhi.

The apex court gave four weeks to the police a...