India, Oct. 25 -- The Mansa district police in Punjab on Saturday arrested an unemployed, drug-addicted couple and a scrap dealer for allegedly trafficking the couple's six-month-old son due to financial hardship.

Bareta Station House Officer Baldev Singh told HT that the child's biological parents, Sandeep Singh and Gurman Kaur, along with Sanju Singh, who allegedly purchased the infant last month, have been booked under Section 143 (4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for human trafficking.

The infant was rescued and placed in Sri Anant Anath Ashram, a state-approved orphanage in Nathana village, Bathinda, by the Mansa child protection authorities.

"Sanju's wife, Aarti, has also been named in the case and is yet to be arrested. T...