Young girls being sold in India to repay loans, says human rights body

Notice issued to Rajasthan state government demanding police inquiry into abominable' practice

Young girls in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan are being sold as repayment" for loans their parents cannot afford, the national body that protects human rights has said.

The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the state government demanding a police inquiry and answers within a month to what it called an abominable" practice.