Slumdog Millionaire Child Star Robina Ali For Sale
A Slumdog Millionaire child star is for sale. Robina Ali is reportedly being sold by her father for the sum of £200,000. Rafiq Quareshi says ensuring his daughter’s future is the main reason why he’s put her up for adoption, but according to reports, later admits that it is also driven by his desire to have a better life for himself. Rubina’s uncle Rajan More is also reportedly involved. The child’s mother is apparently unaware of what’s happening.
The nine-year old Rubina, who endeared herself to millions worldwide playing the young Latika in Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire”, which picked up eight Oscars including the coveted Best Picture award. The movie tells the rags to riches story of a young orphan who wins the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? from the Mumbai slums.
Reports say that Ali’s father, Rafiq, was approached by a well-to-do Middle Eastern family and expressed their desire to adopt the child. This said family saw the movie and fell in love with Rubina Ali. But this initial offer seemed to make Rafiq quite greedy, which is why he opted to consider other offers for his daughter Rubina. He says he will consider all offers and will give the adoption rights to the highest bidder, trading his daughter like some high priced commodity that is up for auction.
Child trafficking is not an uncommon practice in India. While highly illegal, poverty-stricken parents often opt to have their children adopted even for just £1000 just to get some money.
News Of The World broke the story of how Rafiq tried to sell his daughter to the highest bidder by doing an undercover operation after a tip-off from a concerned family friend. They sent an undercover investigator who posed as someone who works for a rich sheik in Dubai who has expressed his interest to adopt the young Rubina. Rafiq’s reported initial offer for Rubina was just 50,000, which later ballooned to £200,00.
Indian authorities have been investigating the matter since the news broke out.
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