This Article is From Apr 10, 2012

Girl lodges FIR against father for trying to sell her, sister

Bulandshahr: A minor girl in Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh lodged a complaint with the police today accusing her father of trying to sell her and her younger sister.

Jyoti, 15, from Jakhaita village near Bulandshahr in her complaint stated that her father Pancham allegedly tried to sell her and younger sister Poonam, 14, to two men for Rs 80,000, SSP Gulab Singh said.

However, villagers intervened when Pancham recently tried using force to allegedly sell his daughters, Mr Singh said, adding protection has been provided to the two girls and a case registered against their father.

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