Rubina Ali’s Dad Denies Trying to Sell Her
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The father of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali has blasted reports he tried to sell his 9-year-old daughter for $300,000.
Rafiq Qureshi, 36, told People magazine that a British tabloid’s claim he was prepared to place Rubina up for adoption is a “lie made up by foreign journalists playing games with me.”
Qureshi added that there had been an offer but insisted that he had feigned interest out of politeness and a reluctance to appear cold and unfriendly: “In India, you never say ‘no’ directly, least of all to guests. You try not to offend people by refusing to help. They said they were childless and desperately fond of Rubina after seeing her in the film. I felt sorry for them, but I was never going to give her up.”
Rubina also spoke out, backing up her father’s statement. “I trust my father. He loves me. He has never said that he wants to give me up,” she said. “I did meet an uncle and auntie in a big hotel but it was not about adoption. I will never give any foreign journalist an interview again.”
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