Posted Apr 22nd 2009 10:33AM by TMZ Staff
Cops 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."
Filed under: Movies, Kids
Tags: daughter, father, Rafiq Qureshi, RafiqQureshi, Rubina Ali, RubinaAli, Slumbdog Millionaire, SlumbdogMillionaire
Posted Apr 21st 2009 9:20AM by TMZ Staff
The mother and step mother of Rubina Ali -- the little girl featured in "Slumdog Millionaire" -- went toe-to-toe yesterday in the streets of Mumbai, amid reports Rubina's father was angling to cash in by selling the child.
The choke-fest between the two women occurred after Rubina's father -- Rafiq Qureshi -- reportedly tried to squeeze around $400,000 from a reporter for Britain's News of the World, who was posing as a baby buyer.
Rubiq claims he was framed.
Filed under: Movies, Fights
Tags: brawl, catfight, choke, fight, news of the world, NewsOfTheWorld, punch, rafiq qureshi, RafiqQureshi, rubina ali, RubinaAli, slumdog millionaire, SlumdogMillionaire, video
