Domestic worker from GGN rescued after the call on the helpline

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; background-color: #ffffff;">The information reached the Shakti Vahini NGO through a call on a helpline number that was made by the neighbours as they saw her getting tortured by the family. The NGO with the help of the city police raided the house around <span data-term="goog_491626658" tabindex="0" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; z-index: 0; background-color: #ffffff;">5:30 pm<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; background-color: #ffffff;">, but the minor was nowhere to be found. An hour later the police received a similar complaint on the helpline number. This time, the girl was found locked in an almirah of a back room.

<span arial","sans-serif";="" color:#222222"="" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; background-color: #ffffff;">According to the information received, the girl’s legs were found swollen with bruises all over her body, a deep cut of the knife on her back and had blue marks on her eyes. The girl was later admitted to the Civil Hospital for further medical treatment.<o:p></o:p>

<span arial","sans-serif";="" color:#222222"="" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; background-color: #ffffff;">The girl belonged to a tribal family in Gumla district and was trafficked to Delhi by an Uncle from the same village.<o:p></o:p>

<span arial","sans-serif";="" color:#222222"="" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; background-color: #ffffff;">“She was employed by the family seven months back and was taking care of the family’s twin children. It was after the second call that the NGO had received and the girl was found during the second round of raid. The girl was found in an unconscious state when she was rescued”, said Rishikant of Shakti Vahini.<o:p></o:p>

<span arial","sans-serif";="" color:#222222"="" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Another fact that came to light- that the family had already got an idea about the raid that the police was about to conduct. So in order to save themselves they had tied and locked the girl in an almirah.<o:p></o:p>

<span arial","sans-serif";="" color:#222222"="" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; background-color: #ffffff;">The girl in her statement to the Child Welfare Committee, Gurgaon said that she was only given two chapattis in a day and was beaten around 4-5 times in a day-- with floor wiper and knife. The cuts on the girl’s body appeared fresh and the girl’s body was very weak because she had not eaten anything, said Shakuntala Dhull, Chairperson, CWC, Gurgaon. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has also been informed and the NGO has been asked to submit a report of the incident on Thursday. <o:p></o:p>

<span arial","sans-serif";="" color:#222222"="" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; background-color: #ffffff;">The comments from the city police are yet to be received in this matter.