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Trafficking Case Rocks Adilabad Again: Minor Sold for ₹10K, Raped
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
|June 29, 2025
CLOSE on the heels of the Asifabad police busting a gang involved in trafficking a tribal woman, the Adilabad police on Saturday disclosed that they have arrested three persons, including the couple who kidnapped a Class X student, and the man from Rajasthan who "bought" her for ₹10,000, confined her in his home and repeatedly raped her.
Adilabad Deputy Superintendent of Police L Jeevan Reddy said the girl, who is under 16 years of age, was kidnapped by Nirmala Bapunya Atram (47) and her husband Bapunya Rajaram Atram (49), both residents of Kinhi village in Yavatmal district, Maharashtra. The couple allegedly sold the girl to Karan alias Bhagwat Menon of Rajasthan for ₹10,000.
This story is from the June 29, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Hyderabad.
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