Girls aged 12, 14 and 16...
A 42-year-old woman and her lover were booked in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain for selling her three minor daughters. The three girls are aged 12, 14 and 16 years old.
The incident came to light when the three escaped captivity after they were bought by three men. The girls went to their maternal grandfather, who then informed the police about the incident.
According to TOI, the three men who bought the girls have also been booked and all the five accused in the case are currently absconding from the police.
The police told TOI that the couple met in Rewa city and started living together. He then moved the woman and her children to Ujjain’s Tipu Khedi area.
Mahidpur sub divisional police officer RK Rai told the media that the couple sold the two elder girls to residents of Rajasthan for Rs 4 lakh each. They then sold the youngest, who is 12-years-old, for Rs 1.75 lakh to another person in Rajasthan and got all of them married.
The live-in partners and all the three buyers have been booked under IPC section 370 (human trafficking), 376 (gangrape) and Pocso Act.
The Brief. Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now.