More than two years after mid-day exposed a baby-selling racket, the Central Line police in Ulhasnagar made an important breakthrough on Tuesday afternoon by arresting the racket’s mastermind Ratna Ubale, who was allegedly responsible for procuring the babies.

In the net: Ratna Ubale

Ubale, whose name had first come to light following mid-day’s sting operation in 2012, had resurfaced on the police radar last month after allegedly buying a baby girl from an Ulhasnagar-based couple for Rs 50,000. Days later, the police had arrested Dr Maulik Joshi of Joshi Nursing home in Dharavi, Dr Digna Sharma, who runs a clinic in Charkop, Kandivli, and the baby’s parents, Sunita and Mukesh Lahore, in connection with the case on December 20. All the accused are currently in judicial custody.