Ameena case was the 1991 selling of a 10-year young girl, Ameena from

Hyderabad, India Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the '' de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern In ...

, to a man from

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

. The child bride was rescued on 10 August 1991 by the air hostess Amrita Ahluwalia when Ameena was being taken to Saudi Arabia. Later it was found Badruddin and his wife Sabira Begum had sold their 10-year-old daughter Ameena into marriage for a reported $240 to a 60-year-old Saudi Arabian man. The case unearthed bride shopping in Hyderabad by men from the Middle East and raised a lot of attention at that time.

In popular culture

The movie ''Yahan Ameena Bikti Hai'' starring

Rekha Rana Rekha Rana is a Bollywood actress, theater artist, winner of Miss Delhi, Photogenic Face and Beautiful Smile titleholder in 2007. She is the brand ambassador for South African NGO called 'Star NGO' and 'Save Our Women' Campaign. Her first movie ...

as Ameena was released in 2016 which was based on her real life.

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* * Violence against women in India Crime in Hyderabad, India Child abuse in India Human trafficking in India History of Andhra Pradesh (1947–2014) 1991 crimes in India Incidents of violence against girls Violence against women in Saudi Arabia {{crime-stub