A man has been arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district for allegedly “selling” his wife to his friend to pay off a debt, who later raped her, police officers said on Tuesday (June 24, 2025).

According to the police, the women, a resident of Dhar’s Kanwan area, had lodged a complaint at the women’s police station in Indore, and a zero First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Monday. The FIR was later transferred to the Kanwan police station.