NEW DELHI , India ( CNN ) -- India 's child-rights watchdog has sought a report from police investigating allegations by a tabloid that the father of a `` Slumdog Millionaire '' child star tried to sell her to an undercover reporter , the watchdog 's leader told CNN . Rubina Ali has backed her father over newspaper allegations he offered her to an undercover reporter . `` We have sought a report from them and will take a decision after seeing it , '' said Shantha Sinha , who heads the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights . Meanwhile , authorities in Mumbai have recorded the statements of Rafiq Qureshi ; his `` Slumdog '' daughter , Rubina Ali ; and his former wife , Khurshida Begum , senior police inspector Prakash Salunke told CNN . Qureshi has denied allegations made in Britain 's News of the World that he tried to sell 9-year-old Rubina for £200,000 ( $ 290,000 ) , Salunke said . In her statement , the child-actor favored her father , according to the police . Qureshi 's former wife , whom he divorced several years ago , endorsed the allegations leveled against him by the British newspaper . Police are investigating , Salunke said . `` Slumdog Millionaire '' won eight Oscars this year , including best picture . Director Danny Boyle 's rags-to-riches movie tells the story of a tea-boy at a Mumbai call center who earns a spot in the Indian version of the quiz show `` Who Wants To Be a Millionaire ? '' He raises the suspicion of the show 's host when , despite the lack of a formal education , he begins to answer the increasingly difficult questions with ease . The movie is set largely among the poverty-stricken districts of Mumbai , which is home to Rubina and other `` Slumdog '' child stars in real life .
Indian child-rights watchdog requests police report on alleged offer to sell child star . Father of `` Slumdog 's '' Rubina Ali , 9 , alleged to have offered her to undercover reporter . Father has denied allegations in UK newspaper ; Indian police are investigating . Score: 6