A penniless Indian father gave up his two new-born twins for the price of a 100-rupee (85p) bus fare home because he was unable to care for them.
The farmer, Samaru Ram, a member of the Korba tribe in Chhattisgarh, one of India's poorest states, gave the twins to a childless couple after his wife, Mangli Bai, died in childbirth.
Last Saturday, 24-year-old Ram took the babies to a medical facility in Korba with the intention of abandoning them. The childless couple were visiting the state-run hospital for a medical check-up, when they heard that the farmer, who already had five children, was planning to give up the twins.
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