"The couple already has three daughters and another girl was born to them fifteen days ago. They were also facing financial problems and due to these reasons the baby girl was sold to a childless couple yesterday," Vemulapally police station sub-inspector Vijay Kumar said based on preliminary investigation.
Based on information provided by a Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) that a baby girl was sold because her parents' financial condition was not good and she was the fourth girl born to them, a police team took up investigation and found that the girl was sold to the childless couple, the SI said.
Police are in the process of registering a case and further probe is on.