# Five women arrested in Delhi child trafficking racket, infant rescued 2026-08-15T23:48:53+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Delhi Police have arrested five women and rescued a four-day-old infant in a child trafficking racket busted near Kashmere Gate. The accused allegedly targeted vulnerable expectant mothers in government hospitals and financially distressed women, luring them into selling newborns or arranging surrogacy through IVF. Police said the gang had been operating for nearly three years and had trafficked three to five infants previously. Acting on a tip-off, police officers posed as buyers and negotiated a deal to purchase a newborn for Rs 6.5 lakh. After paying Rs 20,000 as token money, they were shown the infant wrapped in a blanket, and the five women were arrested. The Times of India reports that the accused, identified as Isha, Harjeet Kaur, Shabnam, and sisters Priya and Simran, are school dropouts. Hindustan Times reports that the infant was bought from a couple in Ghaziabad for Rs 4.1 lakh. Police are investigating the involvement of government hospital workers and IVF centres that allegedly assisted the gang. The infant has been sent to a hospital, and the child welfare committee has been informed. Authorities are trying to trace the sold babies and identify the mother. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-16T22:52:17+00:00. Tags: Delhi, Delhi Police, Ghaziabad, Raja Banthia Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/five-women-held-for-child-trafficking-racket-in-north-delhi/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/five-women-held-for-child-trafficking-racket-in-north-delhi/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/