DUSHANBE, April 13, 2015, Asia-Plus – A young woman from the Vakhsh district, Khatlon province has been arrested on suspicion of selling her newborn baby, according to the Interior Ministry’s official website.

The 19-year-old woman from the Vakhsh district, who arrested in Dushanbe on April 12, reportedly sold her newborn baby to local 42-year-old woman for 500.00 U.S. dollars.

Criminal proceedings have been instituted and an investigation is under way.