I can beg for my children but I cannot even think to sell them: Noor Daraz Khan

The father of the baby that Dragons Den star James Caan tried to buy has condemned the multi-millionaire, saying: 'I am not a trader of my children. From his village in northern Pakistan, Noor Daraz Khan said: 'I know we are very poor but we are not shameless people'. I can beg for my children but I cannot even think to sell them. Meanwhile, Caan, 49, attempted to justify offering 100,000 Pakistani rupees about 745 for baby Sara, who was born in the aftermath of the devastating floods that engulfed the country. The entrepreneur admitted the outburst had been an 'emotional response. But the girls family remain angry at his actions. Mr Khan, a 45-year-old farmer, said: 'I cannot believe such disrespect to a mother and father to believe you can take one of their children from them for the payment of money. If this man made our home with gold I would not sell my daughter to him. I cannot believe what a man who is a father has tried to do. The extraordinary bid was captured on film by a team from ITV News at Ten that had been accompanying Mr Caan, who heads a foundation aiming to raise 500,000 to rebuild a community destroyed by the floods, during a fact-finding visit to four villages two weeks ago. In Shahi Bala, Mr Caan, whose estimated wealth is in excess of 100million, was handed baby Sara, who he was told was born shortly after the floods hit. 'Oh my God, look at that'. she is gorgeous,he said, before asking: 'Where is the mother and father? To the astonishment of those watching, Mr Caan then offered to buy the child, saying he would pay the family 100,000 rupees. Im being 100 per cent serious, he continued. 'My brother lives here and he desperately wants a baby. We can give this baby the best life she can possibly have. The babys father was working in the fields when the offer was made but it was relayed to her 30-year-old mother Razmeen Begum, who said yesterday she had been stunned, frightened and confused by the offer. She said: 'I would kill myself rather than sell my daughter. Mr Khan said that after the visit by Mr Caan who was born Nazim Khan the family had spent 24 hours fearing there would be an attempt to take Sara from them. Saras aunt, Noor Zad Begum, said: 'The floods could not break our family but the rich foreigner thought he could do that. He made us cry. 'The floods can take our crops and take our homes but no one can buy our children .?.?. no, no, no. Dragons' Den: James Caan with fellow stars Duncan Bannatyne, Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis Dragons' Den: James Caan with fellow stars (left to right) Duncan Bannatyne, Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis Mr Khan said his daughter had taken on a special significance because of what the family had endured in the days before her birth, referring to the floods that devastated the country this summer. They were forced from their home for two weeks before returning to find their village destroyed and their cattle missing. Mr Khan said: 'We were given a tent and that very night, amid all the death and destruction, my sister and my mother helped deliver our Sara, thanks be to God. Warned of a backlash, the day after the incident, Mr Caan attempted to justify his actions, saying: 'I was literally at that moment in time so taken away with emotion. The whole affair was broadcast on News at Ten on Thursday night. Yesterday Mr Caan, a father-of-two, said: 'I clearly have regrets. It wasnt rational and it wasnt right. 'You are in a village where people are dying of malnutrition, where food isnt getting through. 'If there is an opportunity to give a life a chance of survival its more an emotional response than a rational decision. (The Dailymail)