Published Date:
07 November 2009
A NANNY in India's IT hub of Bangalore has been dismissed after she regularly drugged a seven-month-old baby and rented him out for £1.20 a day to be used by street beggars.
The mother found her baby missing when she returned home early from work, the Times of India newspaper said. The nanny confessed to have been renting out the baby for the past three weeks.
Beggars with babies are a common sight in the cities and towns of India, where the giving of alms is traditionally considered a way of gaining spiritual merit.
Rising female employment in India means that more children are being handed over to hired help for care when the parents go off to work.
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Last Updated:
06 November 2009 10:31 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
