THE PRICE OF BEING A GIRL IN INDIA: AN UNCLE SELLS HIS NEICE FOR RS 60,000

A teenage girl, from Mau village in Baghpat district, was allegedly sold by her maternal uncle to a man for Rs 60,000, police said.
The sixteen-year-old was brought here from her house in Baghpat by her maternal uncle and allegedly sold to a man at Durgandpur village for Rs 60,000 when her father was not present in the house, they said.
The issue came to light after the father of the girl, Satpal, complained to DIG Shaharanpur range, who directed the police to register a case and trace the girl. The girl was untraceable even as the police is investigating the case.