NEW DELHI, April 10 (UPI) -- Police in India said they have arrested eight members of a gang accused of human trafficking who allegedly sold girls for $1,300 each or less.
Superintendent of Police Lalit Shakyawar said the six men and two women were arrested in Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India, and the girls -- two of them age 11, the other two, also minors -- were rescued, Bikyamasr.com reported.
Shakyawar said the two 11-year-olds had been sold for about $1,272 each to a man identified as Kalu and were rescued from him in Bhawani Mandi. The girls alleged Kalu had raped them and his parents and brothers had beat them.
The other two girls had been sold for $1,300 each, police said.
Police said the women who were arrested would try to win the confidence of the victims before handing them over to men in the gang.
Police identified those arrested as Kalu, Premabai, Karan Singh, Raju, Shyamlal, Jagdish, Champalal and Draupdibai.
Upma Rai, the chairwoman of the the Madhya Pradesh Women's Commission, said the commission had asked for reports on all missing children from police stations in the state.
