Bathinda, Oct. 26 -- Strap A scrap dealer, who allegedly was the beneficiary, also in police net

The Mansa district police on Saturday arrested a couple, allegedly addicted to drugs, and a scrap dealer for trafficking the former's five-month-old son due to poverty, the police authorities said.

The case came to light after the child's maternal aunt approached the police, an official said.

Bareta station house officer (SHO) Baldev Singh said that the biological parents of the infant and another person, identified as Sanju Singh, who allegedly bought the child last month, were arrested under section 143 (4) (human trafficking) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

He said that the child was rescued and shifted to Sri Anant Anath Ashram, ...