Four persons, including three women, have been arrested for allegedly attempting to sell an eight-month-old baby girl for Rs 5,000 in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Wednesday.

The Mira Bhayandar Virar Vasai police on Tuesday laid a trap in Virar and nabbed two women, who had come to sell the baby, senior inspector Suresh Warade of Virar police station said.