A couple from West Bengal, India sold their eight-month-old baby because they wanted to use the money generated to buy an iPhone and create content for Instagram. Illustration photo by Pixabay
Police in West Bengal investigated a couple who sold their eight-month-old baby because they wanted to use the money generated to buy an iPhone and create content for Instagram.
The crime was uncovered when police received information from locals about a couple in the state, which was rated by the World Bank as having high poverty rates, seen using a brand new iPhone, according to the South China Morning Post.
As police investigated the alleged couple, the mother admitted to the crime, saying she and her husband had sold their baby to a woman living in the same village, with the aim of using the money earned to buy a iPhone, travel and shoot. for Instagram Reels.
She and the buyer were then arrested, while the father fled.
Authorities discovered that the couple had also tried to sell their other seven-year-old child, but the plan did not materialize.
