Grandfather 'sells three-day-old baby on Facebook after telling his own daughter her child was dead'

A grandfather allegedly sold his three-day-old grandson on Facebook after telling his daughter that the baby was dead.

Police in Punjab, India, say the man, named only as Firoz, was offered Rs 45,000 (£550) by a hospital nurse and her accomplice who were involved in a child trafficking ring.

Reunited: Mother Noora kisses her 10-day-old baby who was sold to a child trafficking ring by his own grandfather when he was just three days old

The child was later sold to a Delhi-based businessman for Rs 800,000 (£9,660) through a deal arranged on Facebook.

According to local media reports, the mother, named only as Noora, gave birth to the baby boy 

in the city of Ludhiana on April 8 and was discharged from hospital the following day.

But on April 10 the nurse named as Sunita, and a fellow hospital employee named as Gurpreet Singh, took the baby away claiming he was ill. The following day they told her the child was dead.

Then On April 12 some people reportedly came to Noora's home and paid her father Firoz Rs 45,000, after which he left the home.

However the mother, who separated from her husband in February this year, had become suspicious about her father's sudden new wealth and reported the baby as missing to the police.

Accused: A nurse, named only as Sunita (face covered), is escorted by Indian police. She is accused of taking a newborn baby from its mother and arranging for it to be sold to a businessman