<p>A doctor has been arrested by Ajni police in the city for allegedly selling an infant girl by forging her birth certificate, an official said on Saturday. The 42-year-old accused, who runs a nursing home in Mankapur area of the district, was arrested on Friday, he said.</p>.<p>The girl, born in April 2022, has been recovered, the official added. The girl's mother stated in her complaint that she became pregnant after being forced into a physical relationship with a man, a resident of Mankapur.</p>.<p>In March 2022, the man admitted her to the accused's nursing home where she gave birth to a baby girl. The accused doctor discharged the woman but kept the child at the nursing home claiming that she needed treatment and later sold her, the complainant alleged.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/59-mps-write-to-german-ambassador-for-return-of-baby-girl-to-india-1224501.html" target="_blank">59 MPs write to German ambassador for return of baby girl to India</a></strong></p>.<p>She first approached police in March 2023 when the man with whom she was in a relationship allegedly began to abuse and threaten her, the official said. Police soon arrested him on the charges of rape and extortion.</p>.<p>Further probe revealed that the doctor had used forged documents to register the girl's birth at the Godhani gram panchayat before selling her off when she was only a few days old. A court on Saturday granted police the doctor's custody for four days and further probe was on, the official said.</p>
<p>A doctor has been arrested by Ajni police in the city for allegedly selling an infant girl by forging her birth certificate, an official said on Saturday. The 42-year-old accused, who runs a nursing home in Mankapur area of the district, was arrested on Friday, he said.</p>.<p>The girl, born in April 2022, has been recovered, the official added. The girl's mother stated in her complaint that she became pregnant after being forced into a physical relationship with a man, a resident of Mankapur.</p>.<p>In March 2022, the man admitted her to the accused's nursing home where she gave birth to a baby girl. The accused doctor discharged the woman but kept the child at the nursing home claiming that she needed treatment and later sold her, the complainant alleged.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/59-mps-write-to-german-ambassador-for-return-of-baby-girl-to-india-1224501.html" target="_blank">59 MPs write to German ambassador for return of baby girl to India</a></strong></p>.<p>She first approached police in March 2023 when the man with whom she was in a relationship allegedly began to abuse and threaten her, the official said. Police soon arrested him on the charges of rape and extortion.</p>.<p>Further probe revealed that the doctor had used forged documents to register the girl's birth at the Godhani gram panchayat before selling her off when she was only a few days old. A court on Saturday granted police the doctor's custody for four days and further probe was on, the official said.</p>