PATNA, India — A nun and another worker at a shelter for unwed mothers run by Mother Teresa’s charity in eastern India were arrested for allegedly selling a baby, police said Wednesday. Three other complaints about children being sold were being investigated.

An Indian couple had claimed they paid $1,760 to Anima Indwar, who worked at the shelter run by the Missionaries of Charity, said police officer Aman Kumar.

Kumar said police shifted 12 pregnant women from the charity to a government-run home for care. The move apparently was to avoid any similar situation after their babies are born.

The arrests Tuesday and Wednesday followed the couple’s complaint that the charity worker had taken back the baby boy and kept their money.

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