Apr 21 2009
‘Slumdog’ Star’s Father Arrested After Allegedly Trying To Sell Her
If you’ve seen Slumdog Millionaire then you know the young actress, Rubina Ali who portrayed the young Latika. This is a really sad story because it’s been said that her father was trying to sell the nine-year-old for almost $300,000. Hmm, Angelina or Madonna perhaps? However, the father has been arrested. Rubina’s mother Khurshida learned from her eldest daughter of the “adoption” and immediately filed a complaint with Indian police.
Khurshida, who left her money-hungry husband in 2001 says:
“My elder daughter had informed me… I did not believe he would actually go through with it.”
Her father apparently had plans to sell her to a Dubai sheikh. The sheikh contacted Qureshi after learning about the movie’s Oscar success back in February. Since his wife was no longer able to have children, he wanted to adopt Rubina to become his own.
Qureshi claims he refused the sheikh’s generous offer the young girl. Standing by his claim, he says: >
“I politely said Rubina is happy with me and wanted to leave. After this they made an offer of money in English which I did not understand. Then they requested me to leave her there overnight and take her in the morning. I refused and took Rubina away with me.”
Well, Qureshi better pray to the fucking Gods of India because it’s now said there’s a video of the undercover operation in which reporters met with him and expressed interest in illegally adopting the young star. This kid is fucked regardless…money for kids…that’s great family values right there.
-C
