MUMBAI, Jan. 11 -- The police busted a child trafficking racket on Friday and arrested five people including the parents of the 3-month old baby who had been sold for Rs.40,000 to an acquaintance of their landlord. The child was later resold twice, first for Rs.80,000 and then again to a Malad resident for Rs.1.30 lakh in November, the police added. According to the Shahu Nagar police the case came to light when the child's mother, Kirti Ranjan Sharma, one of the accused, approached them on January 6. She told them that she had gotten married in November 2024 and in October 2025 she had a daughter. A police officer said, "Since they stayed in a rented house and were struggling financially, their landlord told them to handover the baby to someone who would be able to take care of her." Kirti then got a call from Naseera Shaikh who said she wanted to adopt the child. On November 12, Kirti and Shaikh executed a deed for the adoption of the child and got it notarised outside the Bandra court, after which Shaikh paid her Rs.40,000 for the child. She soon found out that her baby had been resold to Priya Rakesh Khandare for Rs.80,000. Khandare too resold the child to Anjali Sahani, a resident of Malad. "When Sahani was questioned she told the police that she purchased the girl for Rs.1.30 lakh," the police said. Investigations led the police to Sahani in Malad from where the child was rescued. Kirti, her husband, Shaikh, Khandare, and Sahani have all been arrested, and booked under the BNS and the Juvenile Justice Act....