India, Nov. 4 -- The NHRC on Tuesday (November 03) said it has issued notices to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra governments and their police chiefs over reports that a large number of minor girl children are being allegedly sold for Rs 3-5 lakh by their parents to middlemen in several districts along the borders of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Subsequently, these girls are "trafficked by middlemen" with the help of false documents showing them as their "adopted children", it said in a statement.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that a "large number of minor girl children are being sold for Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh by their parents to middlemen in several districts alon...