Karnal, April 22 -- The Karnal police claimed to have taken a two-month-old girl into their custody after the infant was recovered by their team from Himachal Pradesh atleast two weeks after it was allegedly sold by her parents.

The matter came to light after a local journalist informed the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) about the missing girl child and her worried mother, who claimed to have been defrauded by a group of persons.

Following the tip-off, CWC chairperson Umesh Chanana instructed the cops to take action and find the baby girl, who was then recovered the infant from Jwalamukhi city of Kangra district and handed over to the authorities at Bal Bhawan in Karnal last week.

Speaking to HT, Chanana said that the girl's father is a...