NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- India's child-rights watchdog has sought a report from police investigating allegations by a tabloid that the father of a "Slumdog Millionaire" child star tried to sell her to an undercover reporter, the watchdog's leader told CNN. Rubina Ali has backed her father over newspaper allegations he offered her to an undercover reporter. "We have sought a report from them and will take a decision after seeing it," said Shantha Sinha, who heads the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Meanwhile, authorities in Mumbai have recorded the statements of Rafiq Qureshi; his "Slumdog" daughter, Rubina Ali; and his former wife, Khurshida Begum, senior police inspector Prakash Salunke told CNN.
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Indian child-rights watchdog requests police report on alleged offer to sell child star
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Father of "Slumdog's" Rubina Ali, 9, alleged to have offered her to undercover reporter
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Father has denied allegations in UK newspaper; Indian police are investigating
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"Slumdog Millionaire" used real children from poor neighborhoods of Mumbai
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