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Beed Police Bust Child Trafficking Gang, Rescue Girl Sold Into Marriage
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News18•18-10-2026, 22:00
Beed Police Bust Child Trafficking Gang, Rescue Girl Sold Into Marriage
- •Maharashtra police in Beed district busted a child trafficking gang and solved a five-year-old case involving the sale of a minor girl.
- •Four persons including two men and two women were arrested from Govindwadi in Georai tehsil.
- •The victim was abducted at age 13 in 2021 and initially negotiated for sale in Mumbai for five lakh rupees.
- •The deal fell through, after which another woman sold the girl to a man from Govindwadi for one lakh rupees.
- •The accused later solemnized the minor's illegal child marriage at a monastery in Paithan.
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Four persons, consisting of two men and two women, were arrested by the police in Maharashtra's Beed district for their involvement in child trafficking and child marriage.
The case involves a five-year-old investigation reopened by the police regarding the abduction and sale of a 13-year-old girl originally kidnapped in 2021.
A woman initially negotiated to sell the 13-year-old girl in Mumbai for Rs 5 lakh, but after that deal failed, another woman sold her to a man from Govindwadi for Rs 1 lakh.
