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In a disturbing incident, the Karnataka Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of four individuals involved in the alleged sale of a seven-year-old boy for Rs 4 lakh in Belagavi district. The arrests are linked to the trafficking of the child from Sultanpur, near Hukkeri town.
Among the arrested were Sadashiva Shivabasappa Magadum, the boy’s stepfather, Laxmibabu Golbhavi, a local resident of Sultanpur, and two others—Sangeeta Vishnu Sawant from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, and Anasuya Girimallappa Dodmani from Kesroli in Karwar district.
