Slumdog child star for the sale? father denies

The father of 'Slumdog Millionaire' actress Rubina Ali Qureshi allegedly tried to sell her for 200,000 pounds for adoption, a sting operation by a British tabloid has revealed but he has refuted the claim.

The 'News of The World' today claimed that Rafiq had tried to sell nine-year-old Rubina to their reporters, who were posing as the agents of a wealthy Arab Sheikh keen on adopting the famous child during a sting operation last week.

The newspaper has published the photographs of Rubina and her father alongwith their reporters and also posted a video of the sting operation titled "Oscar Girl For Sale" on their website.

But Rubina's father Rafiq Qureshi has denied their claim saying it was a conspiracy to "malign" him.

"They said that Sheikh's wife wanted to adopt Rubina but I said, 'I can't give away my child'. They called me again the next day and talked in English. I could not understand but said yes to whatever they said. I never knew it would create such a controversy," Rubina's father said about the meeting.

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