A woman was sold for Rs50,000 in Ghaziabad. The husband of the woman, in his complaint to the police, alleged that three men and woman were involved in selling his wife to Hapur-based person who has refused to return her, saying pleaded that he had invested huge money to buy her. The police have registered a criminal case against three men and a woman.
The police said Riyazul Hasan, son of Mohammad Haneef, a resident of Tori-13 Viswa village, lodged a complaint with Bhojpur police alleging that three men — Aslam, Imran, Salaamoo — and a woman: Batto — of his village abducted his wife and sold her for Rs50,000 in Hapur.
“We have registered a criminal case under Sections 370 and 342 of IPC for buying or selling a slave and wrongfully confining a person against the alleged sellers of the woman,” said SP (Ghaziabad Rural) Jagdish Sharma. The investigation is being carried out by sub-inspector Charan Singh.
According to police, the woman was married to Riyazul Hasan 25 years ago. She had six children. Batto used to reside in their neighbourhood.
She noticed that there were regular disputes between Riyazul and his wife. Taking advantage of their disputes, she hatched a conspiracy to sell the wife in Hapur. Three months ago, Batto along with Aslam, Imran and Salaamoo took Riyazul’s wife to an unknown destination. When she did not return for months and failed to trace her, Riyazul submitted a complaint to SSP Ghaziabad Nitin Tiwari.
On Tiwari’s instructions, the Bhojpur police registered the complaint and initiated investigation.
Although Batto was residing in neighbourhood but the parents of both the women — Riyazul’s wife and Batto — were from Hapur so they maintained good relations of the parental neighbourhood.
“The file is being sent to Hapur police for investigation” added the SP rural.