On Wednesday, a middle aged gambler Ismail, in Satgharia village, West Bengal, after losing all his possessions in a game of cards against Mustafa, from the neighbouring village, put his teenage daughter on stake and lost her too.
IN A bizarre incident, that occurred in Malda, West Bengal, a middle aged man addicted to gambling, lost his daughter in the game of cards. The astonishing incident occurred in Satgharia village.
According to villagers, the 39-year-old Ismail is addicted to gambling. He has taken loans from many in the village as he was often on the losing side of the game. On Wednesday (September 16), Ismail was playing against another gambler Mustafa from the nearby Sultanpur village. Ismail bet all his possessions one by one. When he lost everything, he put his young daughter on stake and lost her too.
To the surprise of many, Mustafa took hold of the girl studying in class XI and took her along with him to his village. The incident has sent shock waves in the entire village and its surrounding areas. Family members of the girl have reported the incident to the police, who have started investigating the matter to find out a suitable solution for the problem and rescue the teenage girl.How long will women remain deaf and dumb to discrimination carried out against them in the society where boys are still considered as blessing?