MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Indian police said yesterday they had no evidence to suggest that the father of a  child star in the Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire”  tried to sell his daughter.
The mother of 9-year-old Rubina Ali demanded an  investigation after a sting operation by a British tabloid  alleged her father tried to sell her for 20O,000 pounds  ($290,000).

Rubina’s father, Rafiq Qureshi, and other slum dwellers  were subsequently questioned by police.

“So far there is no evidence of any offence, hence there is  no registration of complaint and no arrest,” Nisar Tamboli, a senior police officer, told Reuters on Wednesday.

Rubina, who starred as the youngest incarnation of the  film’s heroine, Latika, lives with her father and stepmother in  a teeming slum in the suburbs of the financial hub.
Rubina’s father had denied to the media that he was trying  to sell her.

The sting operation by the News of the World quickly made  headlines in India and abroad.
Slumdog Millionaire, a rags-to-riches romance about a slum  boy competing on a TV game show, won eight Academy Awards  earlier this year.

In the lead-up to the Oscars, the success of “Slumdog”  around the globe was overshadowed by objections in India to its  name, which some Indians found offensive, its depiction of the  lives of impoverished Indians and the treatment of the cast.

But since the film’s sweep of Oscars, India’s media got  caught in a patriotic frenzy and politicians jumped on the  bandwagon to praise the film.

This week, a charitable trust from Qatar, offered to pay  for Rubina’s education, which is already being taken care off  by the producers of the film.