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Police on lookout for parents who sold daughter for Rs 4,000
Vadodara: Police are searching the parents of an eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly sold off by them to a couple in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh. The victim was traded for Rs 4,000 about three months ago, when she was took to Gwalior by her parents--Kankamal ambalal and Lilaben-- and her maternal uncle and aunt, who gave her away to one Rameshbhai and wife Rekha, police said. The girl, who was allegedly tortured by the couple and forced to do household chores, managed to escape and reached a police station in Gwalior, where a complaint was lodged. Gwalior police handed over the girl to a welfare committee, which later sent her to Vadodara after learning that she was from Gujarat. The local welfare committee inturn sent her to 'Narisarkashan Gruh' an NGO at Dohad, which found that she belonged to a village in Balashinor taluka of Kaira district. Following this, the NGO staff and Dohad police visited a number
of villages to locate Kamla her eldest sister staying in Dadana muvada village in Kaira and brought her to Dohad for reuniting the minor with her. Kamla has agreed to take the girl with her and the legal formalities are on, Dohad police said.
According to police complaint, the girl has six elder sisters of which three are married. A case has been registered against six persons including the parents of the girl, Dohad police said adding the case has been transferred to police at Devgadh Bariya town for further investigations. The victim's parents have not been traced yet and searches are on, they added. PTI
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Vadodara: Police are searching the parents of an eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly sold off by them to a couple in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh. The victim was traded for Rs 4,000 about three months ago, when she was took to Gwalior by her parents--Kankamal ambalal and Lilaben-- and her maternal uncle and aunt, who gave her away to one Rameshbhai and wife Rekha, police said. The girl, who was allegedly tortured by the couple and forced to do household chores, managed to escape and reached a police station in Gwalior, where a complaint was lodged. Gwalior police handed over the girl to a welfare committee, which later sent her to Vadodara after learning that she was from Gujarat. The local welfare committee inturn sent her to 'Narisarkashan Gruh' an NGO at Dohad, which found that she belonged to a village in Balashinor taluka of Kaira district. Following this, the NGO staff and Dohad police visited a number
of villages to locate Kamla her eldest sister staying in Dadana muvada village in Kaira and brought her to Dohad for reuniting the minor with her. Kamla has agreed to take the girl with her and the legal formalities are on, Dohad police said.
According to police complaint, the girl has six elder sisters of which three are married. A case has been registered against six persons including the parents of the girl, Dohad police said adding the case has been transferred to police at Devgadh Bariya town for further investigations. The victim's parents have not been traced yet and searches are on, they added. PTI
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