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A father in eastern India gave away his teenage daughter to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game, with police launching a hunt to retrieve the girl.

Ismail Sheikh, from a village in West Bengal, used his 18-year-old daughter as a stake after he lost all his money, The Times of India said on Sunday (local time).

"Ismail lost the game again and Mustafa walked away with the girl," said Satyajit Bandhopadhyay, a senior police officer investigating the case.

The girl protested but the victorious Mustafa dragged her out of the village, the report said.

Family members were quoted as saying the father was a compulsive gambler with a drink problem and they had thrown him out the house after losing the teenager.

Gambling is illegal in India but thousands of underground dens operate, attracting poor villagers who hope to make a quick buck.


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[asianbelle]

I feel sorry for the daughter. What a stupid a$$hole.

[maybesammy]

What the fricking hell. What kind of father bets on his daughter?
Poor girl. Hope they find her soon.

[jwpmet]

The father is definitely un-forgiveable, the winner as well, the nerve of that guy who 'won' his prize and took her away and now the police couldn't find them? so odd! Just to show how low the status of women are in their country. Sad

[xxcarolxx]

What kind of father is he!? he gambled his daughter away, and that guy that took her away is an a**. That's why I hate people who are gamble addicted, they'd gamble everything away.

[xoxoxo]

What is wrong with this girls father, how could he do that to their own daughter, i really feel sorry for those individuals that have ppl in their home who are addicted gamblers, or alcholics etc. Since the girl is so old, she should just leave home if her parents are just going to treat her like this.