The Azad Maidan police on Thursday arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly selling his one and a half-month-old daughter for Rs 3 lakh. The facts of the case emerged during the investigation of a 71-day-old baby that was kidnapped from the pavement near St. Xaviers College in south Mumbai, an official said.

According to the Azad Maidan police, during the course of the investigation of a 71-day-old baby who was kidnapped from the pavement of St. Xaviers college, the cops arrested one couple from Wadala and one accused from Dharavi identified as Santosh Dhumale, who allegedly gave Rs. 60,000 to the Wadala couple to kidnap a 71-day-old child; the child was later rescued by police.