"It's her first time. Nobody has touched her."

This girl is 10 years old.

On a main highway in India's state of Madhya Pradesh, she's being sold for sex for 5,000 rupees.

That’s $70.

She’s part of a hidden and illegal trade exploiting young girls.

Prostitutes in India must be 18 and sex with a minor is always considered rape.

Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of reported child rape cases in the country.

National Crime Records Bureau, 2017

And that number is only increasing.

Meneka was forced into the sex trade at the age of 15.

She is from the Bachara tribe, a Dalit community known colloquially as the "untouchables".

They face intense discrimination because they are members of India's lowest caste.

When the men struggle to find work, young female family members are sent to sell sex by the roadside.

It’s been happening for generations.

And it's driven by a dark truth - these young girls are pimped by their parents.