JAIPUR: A man was booked in Kota town on Friday for selling his 13-year-old daughter for Rs 1 lakh and trying to force her to marry the buyer, police said.

The man's estranged wife and daughter recently approached the senior police officers in Kota, following which a police case was registered against him, officials said.

According to police,

Devi Lal

is a resident of Dhulet area in Kota, some 300 km from Jaipur.

"His estranged wife

Shyama Devi

and their daughter

Krishna

came to lodge the complaint with the district superintendent of police, Vikas Pathak. In a statement to the officer, the girl alleged that her father sold her for Rs1 lakh and was now forcing her to stay with her buyer. Devi Lal had even taken the money from the buyer," a police officer said.

The officer said that Devi Lal separated from his wife a couple of years ago.

"The woman then married a man living in nearby Bundi district. The woman said that Devi Lal visited her house and tried to take the girl forcibly with him," said the officer.

He added that police have lodged a first information report (FIR) on the basis of the complaint of the woman and her daughter and launched a search for Devi Lal. agencies