In a shocking incident, a couple in India sold theireight-month-old baby to purchase iPhone 14 so they could film Instagram Reels, NDTV reported.
The couple, identified asJaydev Ghosh and Sathi, hails fromWest Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. They also have a seven-year-old daughter.
According to reports, Ghosh and Sathi wanted to buy an expensive phone and decided to get themselves the latest Apple phone.
The infant was rescued by the police from a resident namedPriyanka Ghosh who had paid money for the baby. She lived in the same district.
The baby's mother and the woman have been taken intocustody, however, the father is on the run. The police are searching for him.
Sathi confessed to the crime during the interrogation, saying that she and her husband sold their baby for the phone so they could film videos for Instagram during theirtrips across the state.
The authorities said that the father also tried selling his daughter but the plan did notmaterialise.
The neighbour told India Today that the couple sold their baby boy for INR200,000.
"They visited many places, like Digha Sea Beach, for their honeymoon with the money. They even bought a mobile phone," Laxmi Kundu was quoted as saying.