Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Couple who bought child for 10,000 Tortured and broke her bones

Hyderabad: A six-year-old girl was allegedly brutally tortured and after being sold to a couple in Tadepallegudem in West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh. The girl was found with her hands burnt, her right thigh bone fractured and injuries to her head. She was moved to a private hospital this evening and is reportedly critical.

The girl was allegedly tortured for over two months by a woman named Kothu Lakshmi, who 'adopted' her from her biological mother in exchange of Rs. 10, 000. The mother of the girl says she thought the youngest of her three daughters was getting a chance to live a better life and the Rs. 10, 000 being offered in exchange for the child would help her siblings, and hence she agreed.

Days after the couple took her away, the child said she wanted to go home to her mother and her frail body and small hands were incapable of doing household work; the couple began torturing her in retaliation.

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