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The neighbours had approached the police suspecting his involvement in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Ratan Brahma (38) of Bahaduria village \u2013 in the northern fringes of Kolkata \u2013 sold off his two-month-old daughters to a rice trader for Rs 1 lakh and another couple in Ramchandrapur village for Rs 80, 000.<\/p>\n<p>Brahma and his wife also have a 10-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>The babies were found from the two families and sent to Thakurnagar Health Centre. They will be taken to the child welfare committee there.<\/p>\n<p>This baby selling racket is not a one-off incident in West Bengal.\u00a0The state CID in 2016 had exposed a big gang with a Kolkata network which operated in North 24 Parganas. It involved the arrests of doctors, and nursing home owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was arrested from Gaighata in West Bengal, after he sold off his twin babies to two different families. 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