Police arrested a woman while she was allegedly trying to sell a two-month old baby at Tk 50,000 in Dotteshor village in Wazirpur upazila of Barishal on Friday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Bakuli Begum, wife of Shahidul Islam Khan. Ziaul Ahsan, OC of Wazirpur Police Station, said tipped-off that a woman is trying to sell a child police raided the village. The baby was handed over to Union Parishad Member Nurul Haque Sardar, he added.

During interrogation Bakuli said Faruk Hossain, one of her relatives, collected the child from Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital and gave it to her.

Later, she said Faruk adopted the baby from one Jamal Khan of Mogor village in Nolchhity of Jhalakathi, the OC added. Police recovered the baby as Bakuli was bargaining with some people to sell the kid at Tk 50,000.