A 12-year-old girl was allegedly sold by her mother for Rs 16,000 and 10 saris in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli and later subjected to repeated sexual assault by a 40-year-old man, police said. She was later abused again by an auto driver in Varanasi after being abandoned near a railway station.
According to Sarnath police, the girl was found crying and wandering on May 21 after locals alerted authorities. She was rescued and produced before the Child Welfare Committee, where her statement revealed a series of trafficking, sexual assault and abandonment incidents involving multiple accused.
