Business IdeasSlumdog trust hires social worker for Rubina
The ‘Jai Ho’ trust by the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ filmmakers has hired a social worker to ensure the welfare of Rubina Ali Qureshi after her father allegedly tried to sell her for nearly USD 300,000.
A British tabloid News of The World had on Sunday claimed that Rubina"s father Rafiq had tried to sell the nine-year-old to their reporters, who were posing as the agents of a wealthy Arab Sheikh during a sting operation.
"The trust is in regular contact with Rubina Ali and her family and has hired a social worker to assist in looking after her welfare and that of her co-star," Dadrawala further added.
The social worker will periodically counsel the children and the family and ensure that they receive suitable accommodations and a fixed sum of money each month for living expenses.
The trust will also cover the education costs for Rubina and her siblings and provides her with a lump sum of money after she turns 18 years old.
“Danny and I both fully support Dadrawala"s comments,” Colson added.
Rubina still lives with her father Rafiq Qureshi and step-mother Munni in the slums of Mumbai.
Her biological mother Khursheed had filed a complaint against Rafiq with the Nirmal Nagar police station in Mumbai after the tabloid report was published.