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Eugene

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Fri Aug 12, 2016, 03:51 PM Aug 2016

Pakistan: 'Dead-baby-swap gang' arrested in Peshawar

Source: BBC

Pakistan: 'Dead-baby-swap gang' arrested in Peshawar

12 August 2016 Asia

Pakistani police have arrested several hospital workers over a scheme that sold newborn babies in Peshawar.

The gang swapped newborn babies with the bodies of dead infants in hospitals and maternity homes, and told their parents the child had died, police told the BBC.

The babies were then sold to childless couples for between 70,000-300,000 rupees (£500-2,200; $650-$2,850).

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The gang had abducted and sold nine newborns, police said.


Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37062570
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