Indian Couple Arrested After Selling Baby To Buy IPhone For Instagram

• An Indian couple from West Bengal was arrested for selling their eight-month-old baby to finance their dreams of creating Instagram content and purchasing an iPhone
• The couple's desperate act came to light when local residents noticed their sudden affluence after buying a new phone
• The mother confessed during police interrogation that the money from the sale was intended for travelling across the state to produce content for Instagram Reels
• The police rescued the baby, and both the mother and the buyer, Priyanka Ghosh, were taken into custody

In a shocking incident in West Bengal, India, a couple was arrested after selling their eight-month-old baby to afford an iPhone and finance their Instagram content creation.

Couple to buy iPhone, create reels after selling their baby

The couple, identified as Jaydev Ghosh and Sathi, confessed to the crime during police interrogation.

Local residents alerted the police when they noticed the couple with a brand-new phone, raising suspicions about their sudden acquisition, according to The Indian Express.

The mother revealed that the money earned from selling the baby would be used for travelling across the state to create content for Instagram Reels.

"“After interrogation, the mother admitted to the crime and informed that she and her husband wanted to use the money to take trips across the state so that they could create content for Instagram Reels,” the Barrackpore Police Commissioner said.

The infant was subsequently rescued by the police, while the mother and the buyer, Priyanka Ghosh, were arrested.

In a disturbing twist, police also revealed that the baby's father attempted to sell their seven-year-old child, but the plan did not come to fruition.

The father is now reportedly on the run.

Further investigations are ongoing as the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate continues to handle the case.

The World Bank's note on pockets of high poverty in West Bengal adds context to the couple's desperate act.

According to a 2022 PRS Legislative Research report, the region's GDP per capita is roughly US$1,600, just slightly more than the price of a brand-new iPhone 14 at the time.

Nairobi woman selling 5-day-old baby for KSh 400k

Back at home, a woman from Nairobi who was trying to sell her five-day-old baby for KSh 400,000 has been arrested by the police.

Citizen Digital reported the mother of the child approached another woman to help her look for a buyer on Friday, April 7.

Unknown to her, police officers from Kasarani Police Station had posed as potential buyers and laid a trap for the woman.

It also emerged that the grandmother of the kid was concerned about the payment.