Couple gets 14-yr-jail for selling minor in Delhi
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The case was related to the couple selling a minor PVTG girl in Delhi. The convicts are identified as Sangeeta Devi alias Manki and her husband Dilip Nayak, both residents of Keriya Dhumatarn village under the Thethaitangar police station of Simdega.
"Both have been booked under sections ( 6)363/ 370( 4)/34 of the IPC and under sections 75/82 of the Juvenile Justice ( JJ) Act for
under the anti human trafficking unit ( AHTU) police station's case no 11/ 21 dated 18 May 2018 additional public prosecutor ( APP) Nishi Kachhap said.
According to the case, the father of the minor filed a complaint against two convicts for selling his 12-year-old daughter in Delhi under the pretence of getting her a job at the national capital.
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