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Article: UK tabloid claims 'backing' from Rubina's biological mother.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- April 21, 2009
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UK tabloid claims 'backing' from Rubina's biological mother
London, Apr 21 (PTI) -- British tabloid News of the World today claimed that the biological mother of 'Slumdog Millionaire' child artiste Rubina Ali Qureshi has "backed" it for "exposing her ex-husband's plan to sell her star daughter" for 200,000 pounds.
The paper 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. Rafiq had rubbished the report saying it was a conspiracy to "malign" him.
In a press statement, the tabloid said Khursheed, who is ...