Just 4 Days Old, She Was Put On Sale For Rs. 20,000 In Hyderabad

A big black bindi on the four-day old baby girl's forehead and a mark on the cheek indicated that the mother wanted to ward off evil spirits from her little one. But the curse of gender discrimination, however, proved too irrepressible. On Tuesday, the girl's aunt came visiting the family in Hyderabad and found the mother in tears. The girl was to be handed over to "buyers" for Rs. 20,000 on Wednesday morning, she learnt.