The arrested included a couple - Ranju and her husband Shyam Sunder - who had lifted the girl who was going to meet her sister, near Lohe Ka Pul at Janta Colony on July 2, 2006, and taken her to Ambala where they sold her to another woman Babli for a sum of Rs 12,000, said DCP (northeast) A K Singla.
Following the return of the girl after a decade on July 25 and her meeting with her mother Anwari and sister Shanno, local police took the matter seriously and an SIT was formed to probe the case and arrest the accused.
During the course of investigation, the victim was also medically examined and counseled by NGO representatives. Her statement was recorded before a magistrate under Section 164 of CrPC.
The arrested also included Aruna alias Babli who was kingpin of the gang from Kurukshetra, tout Sarup Chand from Patiala, Partap Singh from Sangrur who bought and sold the girl, Jagshir Singh from Sangrur who married the minor girl and then sold her, Makhhan Singh (Sangrur) who mediated in marriage of the girl with a truck driver thrice her age with who she bore two sons, and Birender Singh from Mansa, nephew of the truck driver who raped the girl.
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