Husband tried to sell wife for Rs.25,000

Kolkata: The evils of child marriage not only shattered the promising career of 17-year-old Amina Khatun but also took an ugly turn when her husband tried to sell her off for Rs.25,000.

Amina, a resident of Mograhat in West Bengal's South 24-Parganas district, was married off to Riyaz Lashkar against her wishes, while she was studying in Class 7. She was not only a brilliant student, but also a class topper. Read More................Her husband tried to sell her for Rs.25,000

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Doctor Arrested for Selling Corpses

Three people, including a doctor in a government hospital, were arrested in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh for selling unclaimed corpses to private medical colleges, police said Thursday.

'The three sold unclaimed bodies brought for autopsy at the Civil Lines Postmortem House,' police inspector Anil Kumar Raghav said in Moradabad, about 350 km from Lucknow. Read More................Doctor arrested for selling corpses

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Poverty drives mum to sell infant for Rs 500

BHUBANESWAR/KORAPUT: Close on the heels of the death of five members of a poor tribal family within two months in Khaprakhol block of Bolangir district, an alleged case of child sale in Dhenkanal and suicide of a woman in Rayagada have come as a rude shock for the Naveen Patnaik government. Read More................Poverty drives mum to sell infant for Rs 500

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Indian farmers sell wives to pay debts

Drought-hit farmers in northern India are resorting to selling their wives to repay debts to local loan sharks, activists say, as one of the weakest monsoons in years takes its toll.

Poverty, poor administration and a lack of education means farmers in the rugged Bundelkhand region are taking extreme steps to pull through a poor rainy season, they say.

"This has been happening for quite some time now, but people were hesitant to come out with all this," said Manoj Kumar, a social activist working with farmers in the area.Read More................Indian farmers sell wives to pay debts

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Woman sold baby to pay bills

A POVERTY-STRICKEN single mother in India reportedly sold her newborn son to a childless couple for 6000 rupees ($180) so she could pay her medical bill. Read More................Woman sold baby to pay bills - report

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Widows sold as bonded labourers

Tumkur/ Bangalore: If Bangalore has entered e-age, barely 100 km from the city stone-age practices still persist.

Unbelievable though it may sound, widows are treated like cattle, are 'bought and sold' in a custom treated as sacred by the 'Handi Koracha' community. Worse, local authorities well aware of the issue are not lifting a finger to help the victims of this de-humanising tradition. Read more.....................Widows sold as bonded labourers 100 kms from Bangalore

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3-year-old sold for Rs 50

REWARI: In an ironic twist to Haryana's love for the male child, a poor woman in Rewari district has allegedly sold her three-year-old son for Rs 50. Kanta Devi, a housemaid, sold her son to a family in Gurgaon. Read more.......................................3-year-old sold for Rs 50

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Woman sells Child for Husband's memorial service

PATNA: A poor Hindu woman in Bihar sold her infant son to raise money to perform the 'shradh ceremony' (memorial service) of her husband. But she was arrested before she could hand over the child to a childless couple, a police official said on Tuesday.

Parvati Devi (name changed)-- in her early 20s and a resident of Patwa Toli in Gaya town, about 100 km from here -- said she was forced to sell her 45-day-old son due to abject poverty. Read more......................................................Woman sells child for husband's memorial service

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IIM-A Graduate sells Vegetables

Unlike of an IIM graduate for whom sky is the limit in corporate matters, Kaushalendra of Nalanda district with a management degree from IIM, Ahmedabad under his belt chose to sell vegetables on the streets of Patna and still dreamt to make it big. Read more..................IIM-A graduate sells vegetables chasing a dream

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Poverty forces couple to sell child for Rs.12,000

In Bihar state of India, Pushed to desperation by acute poverty, a Dalit couple was forced to sell their toddler son for Rs.12,000 (US$ 285) to raise money for another baby battling an unknown disease. Read full story here........................Poverty forces couple to sell child for Rs.12,000

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Nonsense Club auctions Players like Cattle

India’s great 'Satirist Jaspal Bhatti had earlier floated the 'Nonsense Club' & his band of faithful friends have been successfully selling 'nonsense' for the last 25 years. Welcome to the mad world of the 'Nonsense Club' founded and run by satirist-actor-director-engineer Jaspal Bhatti who hails from Chandigarh.

Now recently Jaspal Bhatti and his Nonsense Club organised a sports “mandi” (marketplace) here in Chandigarh city to sell players like cattle. The sports mandi at the city’s main commercial hub in Sector 17 mocked the recent Indian Premier League (IPL) auction of cricket players.

Bhatti put players from sports like hockey, football, athletics and even kabaddi up for sale.

“The minimum bid for a hockey player will start at Rs.50, football player for Rs.30 and kabaddi player for Rs.20,” Bhatti announced to mock the millions of rupees splurged by corporates on cricket players.

Members of the Nonsense club even sang parodies of old Hindi film songs to highlight the state of commercial cricket.

“Now players should only be playing for the money they get and not for the pride of the nation or for remaining healthy. We want to auction players like cows and buffaloes,” Bhatti said.

He demanded that all sports, which were not contributing to the brand value of industrial goods, should be immediately banned in the country.

He said that gambling and auctioning should be introduced as subjects from primary classes so that children can learn early about such things. He said that auction halls should be set up in all districts and cities to sell players everywhere.

“Any player from any sport who is unable to sell himself should be barred from all international events. Also players should perform depending on what they have been paid,” he said.

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In Gurgaon, about 500 kidneys sold illegally in six years

Five people, including a doctor, have been arrested from Gurgaon city in Haryana state on the outskirts of the national capital for allegedly luring poor men from Uttar Pradesh and illegally selling their kidneys. Those involved are believed to have sold about 500 kidneys in the past six years. Read more................................Global kidney racket busted in Gurgaon

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Man sells Uncle's car for US$ 175

Believe it or not, a 25-year-old man stole the Honda City car of his maternal uncle and sold it off to a second-hand car dealer for a mere Rs 7000(US$ 175). The incident happened in Model Town in north-west Delhi and, according to the police, the accused is now absconding. Read more............................Man sells kin's car for Rs 7,000

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Lover sells Woman for Rs 40,000

In Indian Capital New Delhi,in a bizzare incident, the 'lover' of a 21-year-old woman sold her to a couple from Haryana for Rs 40,000. Read full story here.....................Delhi lover sells woman for Rs 40K

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Man sells daughter to treat ailing wife

A man who was unable to treat his ailing wife has sold his daughter for Rs.1,500(US$ 38)in Jharkhand state of India, media reports said Tuesday.

Mantu Verma of Hariharpur village sold the girl on Dec 1 to Ranthu Kerketta, a government employee of Simega district.

According to the reports, Verma's wife got burnt some months ago but he was unable to pay for her treatment. When his condition became so bad that he could not buy food for his wife and daughter, Verma decided to sell the latter.

Kerketta denied he had bought the girl. 'I have adopted Pinki to save her from falling into wrong hands. I already have four children. Now Pinki leads a good life where she can get food,' he said.

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Son declares mother dead to sell her land

Raipur: A 47-year-old man from Chhattisgarh declared his mother dead in order to sell her property.

The 68-year-old widow, still alive, has registered a first information report (FIR) against her only son, Purshotam, alleging he struck a deal for her land after acquiring a fake death certificate from municipal authorities. Read more.................Son declares mum dead to sell her land

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Sell off your wife to pay your loan

Here is Prakash Sarwankar (38) from Mumbai in Maharashtra state of India, who died a broken man. Sarwankar’s suicide note tells a poignant tale of how he was mentally harassed by the recovery agents of ICICI Bank. In the suicide note in Marathi, Sarwankar wrote that the agents told him, “If you cannot repay the bank loan of Rs 50,000, sell off your wife, your kids, yourself, sell everything at your home...................Read full story......Sell off your wife to pay your loan

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Postman sells letters to Scrap dealer

What shall be your reaction if you come to know that the letter / documents you were supposed to receive have been sold by the Postman to a scrap dealer for little sum of money? Indeed a postman from Indore has allegedly sold hundreds of letters, bills and insurance intimations to a waste paper dealer instead of delivering them.
People of Navlakha area of the Indore city were astonished when they came to know of this.

The police has seized letters and other material from the waste dealer, Director of Postal Services Madhvi Dabral told reporters, Letters, intimations from Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), magazines and documents like telephone bills.

Weighing nearly three kilograms, these were allegedly sold by the postman to the scrap dealer Azam, who in his statement said that the postman sold such letters to him earlier too.

Nearly 250 letters were found in Azam's shop after which they were posted on June 15, Dabral said.

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