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SOCIETY
Poverty stricken woman in Siliguri tries to sell her
twins
Siliguri (West Bengal):
A 32-year-old woman tried to sell her one-month-old
twins here due to poverty. After the death of her
husband, who worked in tea estate, a month ago, Meena
Debi, found it difficult to feed her children and
decided to sell off her twins for 3000 rupees. "I
have no food and home to raise them so they told me
to sell one of the kids and get money. They asked
me to sell one of the twins to them and keep the other,
I agreed as they would take care of at least one of
them and also provide him medicines," said Meena Debi,
mother of the twins. "She came here 10 days back.
When I saw her today selling her kids for 3000 rupees
each, I reprimanded her," said Utpal Ghosh, a local
resident. Some residents of the town have now arranged
for Debi and her children's upkeep. Meena Debi, a
resident of Bihar and the mother of three children,
was living with her husband in Siliguri. After the
death of her husband, she had gone to her sister in
Bihar soon after the delivery of the twins, but was
refused shelter by them later. Being homeless and
her family members turning their backs on her, she
finally decided to sell her twins.
-June
8, 2007
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