Phanshikar, who runs the Gramya Resource Center for Women near Hyderabad, has alleged that the five adoption agencies in India's newest information technology hub Hyderabad are involved in the baby-selling racket. Two of these agencies, she alleges, hold Indian government licenses. Beside orphanages, unscrupulous agents who scour villages in India also steal babies. Some of the stolen babies are stated to be only a day old.
Some parents also collaborate with the agents to get rid of their unwanted progenies.
Numerous legal and illegal orphanages in India are also being made targets to get Indian babies. Such parents are especially ready to get rid of infant girls as they are considered burden on family resources.