New Delhi: A nanny in the IT hub of Bangalore was fired after she regularly drugged a seven-month-old baby in her care and rented him out for rupees hundred a day to be used by street beggars, a newspaper reported on Friday.
The child's mother found her baby missing when one day she returned home early from work at a multi-national firm, the Times of India newspaper said.
The nanny confessed to have been renting out the baby for the past three weeks, it said.
Beggars with babies are a common sight at traffic signals and roads in cities and towns as beggars exploit people's beliefs. Giving alms is considered a way of gaining spiritual merit by many.
Rising female employment and a preference for nuclear families in the country means more children are being handed over to hired help for care when parents go off to work.
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