A 22-year-old woman who recently gave birth to her newborn in Sivasagar Civil Hospital in Assam allegedly sold her infant for Rs 50,000. The mother was not married but became pregnant and gave birth to a child recently, according to official sources.

On June 23, the woman gave birth to a child and was thinking of selling the infant. Yesterday, the authorities learned that the child was sold for Rs 50,000.

Among those arrested are the child's mother, two ASHA workers and two other women, taking the number of people arrested in the case to five.

The child was recovered from Sapekhati in Charaideo district of Assam and the couple that bought the child has been detained.

According to police sources, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) visited the hospital and convinced the girl and her mother not to sell the infant, but they sold the infant before being discharged, the sources told.

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