Chennai: A 37-year-old man was on Friday arrested by the city police while he was trying to sell his fourth baby after selling 3 before. His greed for money and addiction for alcohol drove him to become devilish father and irresponsible husband.

He had earlier sold his three children for Rs 50,000 each. He confessed to the crime and was remanded in judicial custody by the Egmore police. The child and his wife Manju were sent to a home.

Premraj, a resident of Villivakkam, sold his first male child within 10 days of Manju giving birth to him, in 2009 for Rs 50,000. But he claims to have sold him for only Rs 15,000, to Palani from Vellore.

The second child, also male, was sold in 2011, and for the same price of Rs 50,000, to a family in Villivakkam. This baby, however, was sold through due procedures by a high court advocate to a childless family.