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Cops: No Evidence on 'Slumdog' Dad

Posted Apr 22nd 2009 10:33AM by TMZ Staff

Rubina AllCops in India claim they have no evidence that the father of 9-year-old Rubina Ali -- one of the child stars from "Slumdog Millionaire" -- was trying to sell his daughter.

Rafiq Qureshi was accused of trying to sell Rubina for roughly $290,000 by a British newspaper that had set up an undercover operation to try and buy the young girl.

A senior police officer in India told Reuters, "So far there is no evidence of any offence, hence there is no registration of complaint and no arrest."

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1. perfect way to get money...create a scandal. who knew?

Posted at 10:41AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by shauna

2. whoever set this scandal up put the stepmother in the hot seat 'cuz momma was beating that ass.

Posted at 10:45AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Parents learn to entertain your own kids.

3. I'm just not ready to form an opinion yet on this one............

Posted at 10:47AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Terri

4. yeah and of course we are to believe a corrupt government and its puppets without question. laughable!

he is guilty and they are covering for him, bet they were bribed. bunch of misogynist ba*tards.

Posted at 10:49AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by chrisa

5. No evidence... the guy has some good things going for him and then someone wants to mess it up. They should let the poor fellow be,

Posted at 10:52AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Sears Jobs

6. Of course the police have no evidence. Why would they even investigate it??? The subject is a little girl...and according to popular belief there, she is lower than a pig. In fact, all the males probably give the father Kudos for trying to sell her off and make money. (Read up on India and the Hindu beliefs about girls/women.)

Posted at 10:52AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by mentreatgirlslikedogsinindia

7.
one can only hope this is not true...
ummm...girls are bought & sold all the time...
cause she's a star...better asking price !!!

Posted at 10:54AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by northern gypsy

8. Unfortunately, woman and children, especially little girls, have no rights in India when they are born to a poor family. The police would never waste their time for her rights as they don't believe she has rights. She is at the bottom of their class system. They will cover up this crime to prevent more crimes being brought to the public's attention. What he did is common practice there but usually they are sold for much less to be slaves.

Posted at 11:10AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Jan

9. I am from India and this issue is a whole shame for all Indians. Rafiq Qureshi says he has never tried to sell his daughter Rubina. It is still a hoax and I think truth will surely come up one day or another.

Posted at 11:06AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by tnomeralc web design toys

10. First of all someone may be trying to sabotage the dad because now his daughther is 'famous' and he has money. Also if he did try to sell his daughter the police there are easily bribed and corrupt so they could be making nothing out of something.

Posted at 11:02AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by two sides to a coin

11. Oh the Indian police said there was no evidence? Then by all means let's drop the case... the Pimp must be innocent.
Please... India is a cesspool of corruption and human degradation... they have poisoned their environment and diminished the meaning of human life... they mistreat and abuse animals and have no respect for the dignity of peace and compassion...just look at this over-populated horror story... LOOK AT IT... these slums make Pittsburgh appear habitable.
This "father" should be buried alive... and India should enact a "NO-birth" law for the next twenty-five years...
That goes for CHINA.

Let's clean our planet up....

Posted at 11:03AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Q.Jones

12. "A senoir police officer in India told Reuters..." -- TMZ, you know there is a wonderful feature in computer software packages -- it's called "spell check". You guys should learn how to use it before you post stories.

With that said, I wish I could adopt this little girl and get her out of that environment. India and the Middle East are not good places for females.

Posted at 11:07AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by boa

13. Typical of India. They are so grateful to get the notice that they did in Hollywood with that mediocre film that they are willing to overlook this scumdog trying to pimp out his daughter.

Posted at 11:09AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Ken

14. 11. "A senoir police officer in India told Reuters..." -- TMZ, you know there is a wonderful feature in computer software packages -- it's called "spell check". You guys should learn how to use it before you post stories.

With that said, I wish I could adopt this little girl and get her out of that environment. India and the Middle East are not good places for females.

Posted at 11:07AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by boa

Calm down Boa - speed not spell check is the name of the game... you seem to have gotten the story... so let it go Mr. Anal.

Posted at 11:12AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Charles Grodin

15. I feel that this is really a case of media "justice". Just being poor does not mean that Mr Rafiq Qureshi does not love his daughter. But what we are seeing before the police announcement of "No Evidence" are all sorts of stories splashed over the front pages of news web sites, forums etc, saying that this poor man is selling is daughter. Everyone is entitled the very basics of law, to be innocent until you are proven guilty.

For Rafiq Qureshi, it seems to be the other way round. Why does he need to sell his daughter? I guess he can earn far more by leverage on her fame and allow her to appear on advertisements and commercials instead.

Posted at 11:17AM on Apr 22nd 2009 by Jack Russell

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