New Delhi: In a stunning incident, a each day wage couple resorted to promoting their 12-year-old woman with the intention to pay for the therapy of their 16-year-old daughter in Andhra Pradesh. They bought the minor to a 46-year-old man from the Nellore district who reportedly bargained and struck the ‘deal’ for Rs 10,000 as a substitute of Rs 25,000 which they initially demanded.
According to the TOI report, the couple’s 16-year-old daughter is affected by a respiratory sickness and with the intention to pay for the medical bills, they bought their youthful daughter to the 46-year-old named Chinna Subbaiah who approached them after which married the minor on Wednesday. Subbaiah has beforehand provided to marry the daughter. His spouse left him following marital discord.
After marrying the 12-year-old, he introduced her to his household’s home in Dampur. At evening, the neighbours heard the minor’s screams and cries after which “They (neighbours) went to the house of Subbaiah’s relatives to inquire what was happening. They then approached the local sarpanch, who contacted us,” the report quoted an built-in youngster growth providers official as saying.
“When neighbours went to his house, Subbaiah admitted the whole thing as if there was nothing wrong in what he had done,” the reported quoted an ICDS official.
The minor was despatched to the kid care centre within the district the place she is being counselled. When the authorities tracked the mother and father they advised them about their desperation. Meanwhile, the police have registered a case in opposition to Subbaiah and are interrogating him.