Phanus Punji (70), who in the 1980s had become the face of poverty in Odisha after she sold her sister-in-law, Banita, for just Rs 40 and a sari, forcing the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to visit her, is now assured that people like her would never die of starvation in the state
Source: Bhubaneswar News, Latest Bhubaneswar News Headlines & Live Updates – Times of India
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