Child sold for Rs.20,000

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A woman who allegedly sold her two week year old child for Rs.20,000 was taken into custody by the Madolsima police. The suspect a resident of Roberiya had allegedly sold her fourth child to a woman from Trincomalee.

A police team under the leadership of the OIC of Madolsima is conducting further inquiries to arrest the woman and to trace the child taken away by her.

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Mushi Monday, 04 October 2010 10:04 AM

Another symbol of poverty in SL....God bless the country!!!

citizen1 Monday, 04 October 2010 04:43 PM

People are selling their own flesh and blood for survival.

ASFAR Tuesday, 05 October 2010 08:49 AM

my heart cries for the baby. please get the baby back to her mother.

citizen1 Tuesday, 05 October 2010 12:07 PM

Why to the mother? She'e the one who sold the child!

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