The Kurar police have rescued a woman who was taken to Rajasthan on the pretext of a job and sold for Rs 1.60 lakh. The police have arrested six people for the crime. The woman, who is married and has four children, was also forcibly married to the man who bought her.

According to the police, the 40-year-old Kurar resident was unable to repay an R2 lakh loan. She met one of the accused, called Kusum, who offered her a job in Rajasthan and assured her she could easily pay off her loan in a few months. Police said the woman was taken to Rajasthan where on November 18 she was forcibly married to another accused, Mukesh, in a temple.