The 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. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...
, to a man from
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
. 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
In 1993, CBS ''
60 Minutes
''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who distinguished it from other news programs by using a unique style o ...
'' featured a segment on Ameena's life story.
The movie ''Yahan Ameena Bikti Hai'' starring
Rekha Rana 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
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