VARANASI / CHANDAULI (UTTAR PRADESH) — As per TOI News, A 12-year-old girl from Bihar was allegedly sold by her mother for ₹16,000 and ten saris to a 40-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district. Police said the girl was then subjected to repeated rape after a fake temple marriage.
The accused later allegedly abandoned her in Varanasi, where an auto-rickshaw driver also sexually assaulted her before she was rescued by local residents. Police have arrested three people in connection with the case.
The case came to light after locals found the child crying and wandering in Varanasi’s Sarnath area on May 21 and alerted the police. During questioning before the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), the girl allegedly narrated a disturbing sequence of trafficking, sexual assault, and abandonment.
According to police, the victim told investigators that after the sham marriage, the 40-year-old accused, identified as Ramchandra Yadav, repeatedly raped her and also forced her to work as domestic help.
