Hyderabad: Nine people have been detained for trying to'sell' a minor girl for marriage. A 14-year-old girl was rescued here and nine people, including the victim's mother, were arrested in connection with her suspected trafficking for marriage with an older man from Mumbai for Rs 3 lakh, police said.

A police squad stormed a house in Balapur on January 23 based on credible evidence and arrested nine people: six mediators, the girl's mother and grandmother, and an old man who was reportedly seeking to buy her for'marriage,' they said.

According to a notice from the Rachakonda Police Commissionerate, it was discovered that eight people were mediating the sale of the child to a 61-year-old man who had recently divorced and sought to bring another woman into his life to meet his desires.According to authorities, all nine suspects have been placed in judicial custody.

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