An adoption and trafficking racket was busted in Andhra Pradesh by state police last fortnight. A state lawmaker and some eminent people were arrested in connection with the racket.
Police suspect similar rackets in some of the adoption centers in Orissa.
The orphanage was functioning illegally at Kadampada in the outskirts of Cuttack city. The orphanage record revealed that it had housed 11 children, all below seven years. The orphanage claimed that two of them died due to sunstroke a week ago and two were returned to their parents. Swain could not provide proof of the children's death due to sunstroke, district social welfare officer Bidhu Bhusan Sahu said. Besides the returning of children to the parents as claimed by Swain is illegal, he said.