We reported earlier today about the father of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali trying to sell his 9-year-old daughter for almost $300,00 and guess what???
He’s been arrested!!!
Thank God!
Rubina’s mother Khurshida learned from her oldest daughter of the “adoption” and immediately filed a complaint with Indian police.
“My elder daughter had informed me… I did not believe he would actually go through with it,” said Khurshida, who left her money-grubbing husband in 2001.
Apparently Rubina’s father, Rafiq Qureshi, had plans to sell his daughter to a Dubai sheikh!!
The sheikh contacted Qureshi after learning of Slumdog‘s Oscar wins back in February. His wife was no longer able to have children and wanted to adopt Rubina to become his own!!
Qureshi is not budging from his claim that he refused the sheikh’s generous offer for the young girl! “I politely said Rubina is happy with me and wanted to leave. After this they made an offer of money in English which I did not understand,” explained her father.
“Then they requested me to leave her there overnight and take her in the morning. I refused and took Rubina away with me.”
Regardless, there is now said to be video of the undercover operation in which reporters met with Qureshi and expressed interest in illegally adopting the Slumdog star.
The poor girl!
[Image via WENN.]
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