ARA, Dec. 22 -- The newborn baby that was sold by his grandmother soon after his birth in a Bhojpur hospital reunited with his family after 13 days, police said. A Jharkhand woman who had purchased the baby from a baby-selling racket herself came to Bhojpur to hand over the baby at the Garahni Station.

The Jharkhand woman identified as Poonam Sharma, wife of Sajjan Sharma, a resident of Loha Mohalla, Ramgarh, Jharkhand, has been arrested, said police. She, police said, confessed to buying the newborn from a rural doctor for Rs.4.5 lakh.

She also said that it was after the news spread about the arrest of the baby grandmother and others involved in the sale of the baby, she became afraid and decided to return the baby.

The Hindustan Time...