Lucknow: Child-lifting racket selling toddlers for ₹2.5 lakh busted; five held

The breakthrough came days after an 18-month-old girl was kidnapped from outside a medical facility in the Chowk area and later abandoned when the prospective buyer allegedly refused to accept her. Police said the gang operated as an organised child procurement network, identifying buyers seeking children and arranging kidnappings through a network of associates.

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