Guwahati:  India is world's seventh richest country and in known to the world as a wealthy nation. The ruling government always claims that the country is developing and poverty has been abolished from the Nation.

However, the ground reality is somewhat different from what is being claimed. In a shocking incident, a person hailing from Maichang Majgaon in Nagaon district of Assam sold his just one month ten days old baby to another person for a mere sum of Rs.1500 because of some financial crisis that they were facing.

অসমীয়াত পঢ়াৰ বাবে তলৰ লিংকটো ক্লিক কৰকঃ 

http://www.newsnextone.com/poor-family-sale-kids

The parents were suffering from some illness since a long time for which they had to sell off their newly born baby to settle their medical bills. The child was sold to a couple in Kampur town of Nagaon district.

The incident came to light when some person informed the child line and with the assistance of Childline along with the Kampur police, the child was rescued. The couple who bought the child burst into tears when the child was taken away from them. However, the child line assured them that the child would be returned to them after the legal adoption formalities were done.

Inputs from Kampur Correspondent.