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Mom sells son for husband's memorial service
A poor Hindu woman in Bihar sold her infant son to raise money to perform the "shradh ceremony" (memorial service) of her husband. But she was arrested before she could hand over the child to a childless couple, a police official said on Tuesday.
- IANS
- Published: 00:07 July 9, 2008
Patna: A poor Hindu woman in Bihar sold her infant son to raise money to perform the "shradh ceremony" (memorial service) of her husband. But she was arrested before she could hand over the child to a childless couple, a police official said on Tuesday.
Parvati Devi (name changed), in her early 20s and a resident of Patwa Toli in Gaya town, about 100 kilometres from here, said she was forced to sell her 45-day-old son due to abject poverty.
Chandrasekhar Prasad Sinha, Civil Lines police station officer-in-charge, said yesterday that she was arrested along with two people, including Nurmani Surdas, her neighbour, who paid her Rs10,000 to purchase her son.
"The police arrested them when they arrived in the Gaya district court premises on Monday to prepare legal documents to hand over the child to Surdas," said Sinha.
Her husband, who was from a backward caste, was killed when he fell from a train a few days ago. After his death, she decided to perform his "shradh ceremony" by selling her child.
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