Delhi Police Bust Infant Trafficking Ring in UP Hospital Sting; Six Babies Rescued

Delhi Police posing as patients with cardiac distress infiltrated a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh and cracked open a child-trafficking racket involving a doctor, a medical representative, and several accomplices. Ten people were arrested across multiple cities, and six infants — including one abducted from Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan bus terminal last month — were rescued, officials said Monday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Hemant Tiwari said one of the rescued infants was linked to the August 22 kidnapping of a six-month-old boy, while efforts are underway to trace the biological parents of the other five. The children have been placed in Delhi shelter homes by the Child Welfare Committee.

The Trafficking Nexus

Investigations revealed the gang had been abducting and selling babies — particularly boys — for the past three years. Infants were sold to childless couples for ₹2–₹5 lakh under the guise of “legal adoptions.”

The case began when Suresh Prasad, a migrant worker from Banda, Uttar Pradesh, reported his baby boy kidnapped from the Sarai Kale Khan ISBT while waiting for a bus with his family. CCTV footage showed two men carrying the infant onto a Fatehabad-bound bus, later traced to Pinahat Dehat.

The Sting Operation

On August 24, police arrested Veerbhan, 30, and his father-in-law Kalicharan, 50, who admitted they kidnapped the child on instructions from an associate named Rambaran, still absconding. They confessed to handing the baby over to Dr. Kamlesh Kumar, owner of KK Hospital in Agra, for ₹1.5 lakh.

The following day, Inspector Rajender Dagar staged a medical emergency, checking into Kumar’s hospital with chest pain while two officers posed as attendants. Once Kumar arrived for treatment, the team revealed their identities, arrested him, and extracted details of the child’s handover.

Kumar had sold the baby to Sundar Singh, 35, a medical representative. Singh was caught after a 50-km chase near the UP-Rajasthan border. He had passed the child to two sisters in Agra, Krishna Sharma, 28, and Preet Sharma, 30, from whose home the boy was safely recovered.

Additional DCP Aishwarya Sharma said the sisters’ disclosures led police to other members of the network. In total, ten suspects were arrested and six trafficked infants rescued.