Belagavi, Jan. 28 -- Three people have been arrested for their alleged role in an inter-state child trafficking ring operating across Karnataka and Maharashtra, police said on Monday, adding that four women of the same gang were previously arrested in a similar case.

Belagavi superintendent of Police Bhimashankar Guled said: "The latest arrests follows the arrest of four people last week. Acting on information obtained during their interrogation, a team led by Hukkeri station inspector MK Basapur detained Sangeeta Hammannavar from Gadhinglaj taluk in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district and Mohan Tavade and his wife Sangeeta Tavade from Ratnagiri district. Efforts are underway to locate two other suspects, Nandkar Doralekar and his wife Nandi...