India, March 20 -- A 25-year-old woman from Mizoram was arrested on Wednesday for attempting to sell her two minor children, allegedly due to poverty and debt, in Champhai, police said.

The woman, Lalsangpuii, allegedly used a mobile phone application to search for potential buyers and approached a woman she thought might be interested in purchasing her children, aged six and one-and-a-half years, an officer said.

"The woman had a history of loan defaults, owing over Rs.50,000 to private lenders. She also had loan defaults with a private bank, the total outstanding amount of which she couldn't ascertain," he added, requesting anonymity.

Champhai Police took action after the chairman of the Mizoram Child Welfare Committee (CWC) filed an...