India, Feb. 28 -- A Bengaluru court has sentenced a 36-year-old psychiatrist to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for abducting a newborn from a civic hospital and selling him for Rs.14.5 lakh in 2020.

The convict, Rashmi Shashikumar, a resident of Nagarbhavi, was also fined Rs.1 lakh by Judge C B Santosh, news agency PTI reported.

According to the report, Rashmi, who had been out on bail, was present in court when the verdict was delivered on February 19. She was immediately taken into custody and sent to Bengaluru Central Prison.

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The case dates back to May 29, 2020, when a newborn was stolen from the BBMP Hospital in Chamarajpet. The baby's mo...