The man arranged the sale of the baby on Facebook

Indian police have arrested a man in the northern state of Punjab for selling his newborn grandson to a local businessman via Facebook.

Feroz Khan, 47, was seized in the northern city of Ludhiana, 300km (186 miles) from Delhi, and accused of abducting the boy from the hospital shortly after his daughter had given birth.

With the help of two hospital employees, Mr Khan is accused of striking a deal via Facebook, the social networking website, to sell the boy for about 45,000 rupees (£549).

Satish Malhotra, a senior police officer in Ludhiana, said: “All three people who conspired to sell the child have been arrested and we will be interrogating the businessman who paid the money to buy the baby.”

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