A single mother of four was so poor she felt forced to sell her newborn son for £130 in rural India.
Gauri Shah, 32, who lives in a slum near railway tracks in a village, in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal with her three daughters aged between three and eight years old was abandoned by her husband eight months ago when she was expecting her fourth child.
She sold the baby boy to a childless couple but he was rescued after neighbours raised the alarm
The ten-day-old baby is now being cared for at a children’s home.
His mother gave birth to him on May 25 but was uncertain how she could raise him alone so she sold the tot - who is yet to be named - to a childless couple seven days later.
However, the news soon spread within the village and the local government quickly stepped in and rescued the child.
But Mrs Shah refuses to take him back and the little baby was handed over to a children’s home.
Her only source of income is the money her 70-year-old mother gets after a day begging for hours on the streets.
She said that she feels no remorse about selling off her newborn baby, as she believes it was the best decision for her son and three daughters.
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