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| Jharkhand couple sells twins, wants them back | | | RANCHI: A poverty-stricken couple in a Jharkhand village who sold off their new-born twins is now seeking police help to get them back.
Ganpat Pandit, a resident of Alpito village of Hazaribagh district, about 130 km from here, became a father of twins on Jan 25. But soon after, he and his wife Amia Devi decided to sell both the babies to two families for Rs.3, 000 in total.
The couple has now written to the police, asking for help to get back their infants.
Ganpat sold his first baby to Narayan Sao, a resident of Vishungarh locality of Hazaribagh, and another baby to Krishna Paswan, a resident of Sirsi village of the same district, after getting Rs 1,500 from each.
Both the buyers were childless while Ganpat already has five children.
"I want my kids back. It was my fault that I sold them," Ganpat said.
Sao, to whom a baby was allegedly sold, said: "I had not purchased the child. Ganapat had expressed his inability to look after them and I took one of the twins as I have no child." Police are investigating the case.In poverty-stricken Jharkhand, selling of babies by poor couples is not uncommon. More than 20 such cases are reported on an average ever year. In Jharkhand, 52 per cent of the population lives Below Poverty Line (BPL) and many parents find it difficult to look after their children.
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