New Delhi: A baby in Brazil was offered for sale for £267 (Rs 27,000) on a website because the parent claims it will not let them sleep.According to Daily Mail, “Brazilian police have launched an investigation into the advert, which was posted on Tuesday on the OLX classified website. The advert features a baby of only a few months old dressed in a blue outfit, alongside the caption:
'Cries a lot and did not let me sleep and I have to work to survive.' The author, who does not disclose whether they are a man or a woman, provides a contact name and number for the city of Aparecida de Goiânia in the central state of Goias. The advert was active for more than 12 hours on the site before the company withdrew it for breaching the terms and conditions by advertising ‘inappropriate content’. Police Child Protection officer, Marcela Orçai, from Aparecida de Goiânia, said they are trying to track down the person who posted the advert. The officer added that records from OLX indicted that a sale had not taken place. The child was advertised under the Babies and Children’s section.”Read more at-http://daily.bhaskar.com/
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