On January 10, 2012 Times of India reported that a district court on Monday convicted three persons for the abduction, rape and assault of a minor girl. The girl was sold twice and raped by several men over a period of 13 months. The court sentenced the girl’s lover, Mohabbat Malek, to 10 years imprisonment. Malek, a rickshaw driver, had abducted the girl with false promises. Former sarpanch of Nabhoi village, Hayat Khan, who was accused of raping and selling the girl for Rs 5,000, was given a two years jail term and a Jetpur-resident Jignesh Dave was given seven years of imprisonment.

The original article can be found at Times of India.