The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that minor girls are being sold by their parents to middlemen for ₹3 lakh to ₹5 lakh in border districts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
The report, carried on 30 October 2026 and quoting four cases, says the girls are then trafficked using false documents showing them as adopted children, and are later sold in Maharashtra for the sex trade for ₹35 lakh to ₹40 lakh. These are the allegations in the report; the Commission has not confirmed them.
What the Commission has done
The Commission said that if the contents are true, they raise serious issues of violation of the human rights of the girls. It issued notices to the Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, asking for detailed reports within two weeks.
The release does not name any accused person or district, and it does not carry responses from the state governments.
Source: official release by the National Human Rights Commission, issued through the Press Information Bureau, Government of India (03 NOV 2026 5:36PM by PIB Delhi). Read the full official text: NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported sale and trafficking of girl children from border districts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to cities in Maharashtra.
How we verified this
VerifiedEvery fact, figure and quotation is taken from the official PIB release (Release ID 2332134) issued by the National Human Rights Commission on 03 NOV 2026 5:36PM by PIB Delhi; checked against the source on publication. Story written by BDT from that release; no outside facts added.
Sources
- 1.NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported sale and trafficking of girl children from border districts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to cities in M — Press Information Bureau, Government of India
