<p>A woman and two others have been arrested for allegedly running a child trafficking racket in the Capital. A minor has also been rescued from the gang, police said on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sunita, 48, Praveen Gupta, 19, and Sumit Giri, 20 were held after Laxmi Rathore approached police on June 16, reporting that her one-year-old son had been kidnapped from Rohini sector 12. All the accused are residents of Budh Vihar phase 1.<br /><br />“We got a tip-off that Sunita may be involved in the kidnapping. A raid was then conducted at her house and the child was rescued. Praveen and Sumit were held from Rithala Metro station at her instance,” said B S Jaiswal, deputy commissioner of police (outer).<br /><br />Police said the accused were neighbours and would kidnap kids to sell them to couples who wanted to adopt children.<br /><br />“Praveen and Sumit used to visit residential colonies on Sumit’s brother’s motorcycle to identify easy targets. After kidnapping, they used to hand over the children to Sunita,” Jaiswal added. <br /><br />Sunita kept the child at her Budh Vihar house. “She was searching for couples who could offer good money to get custody of the kidnapped child,” Jaiswal said. <br /><br />Sunita, who has studied up to class 5, belongs to a poor family and her husband Sanjay Kumar, is suffering from paralysis. Praveen and Sumit worked as labourers at a shoe factory in Mangolpuri.<br /><br />A case of kidnapping has been registered against them with Prashant Vihar police station.<br /></p>
<p>A woman and two others have been arrested for allegedly running a child trafficking racket in the Capital. A minor has also been rescued from the gang, police said on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sunita, 48, Praveen Gupta, 19, and Sumit Giri, 20 were held after Laxmi Rathore approached police on June 16, reporting that her one-year-old son had been kidnapped from Rohini sector 12. All the accused are residents of Budh Vihar phase 1.<br /><br />“We got a tip-off that Sunita may be involved in the kidnapping. A raid was then conducted at her house and the child was rescued. Praveen and Sumit were held from Rithala Metro station at her instance,” said B S Jaiswal, deputy commissioner of police (outer).<br /><br />Police said the accused were neighbours and would kidnap kids to sell them to couples who wanted to adopt children.<br /><br />“Praveen and Sumit used to visit residential colonies on Sumit’s brother’s motorcycle to identify easy targets. After kidnapping, they used to hand over the children to Sunita,” Jaiswal added. <br /><br />Sunita kept the child at her Budh Vihar house. “She was searching for couples who could offer good money to get custody of the kidnapped child,” Jaiswal said. <br /><br />Sunita, who has studied up to class 5, belongs to a poor family and her husband Sanjay Kumar, is suffering from paralysis. Praveen and Sumit worked as labourers at a shoe factory in Mangolpuri.<br /><br />A case of kidnapping has been registered against them with Prashant Vihar police station.<br /></p>