New Delhi: Girls from remote areas of Jharkhand are an easy target for human traffickers and, in yet another case, a 16-year-old girl from the state was rescued from forced labour in north west Delhi area.
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) claimed that the victim had been beaten up and sexually assaulted for several days.
Earlier, DCW had rescued two girls from Jharkhand from Rajouri Garden and Kingsway Camp. According to DCW, they received a call from the father of the girl (who belonged to Jharkhand) who informed that his daughter was being trafficked from Delhi.
After receiving the information, DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal directed the formation of a team of DCW counsellors which coordinated with Delhi Police and contacted the girl. "The girl was unable to provide the complete address of her location. Search raids were conducted at over three locations," said a DCW official. The mobile number of the girl was then put on surveillance and her location was traced. The team reached the location and the girl along with two other girls was found there. They were taken to the police station.
The girl informed that she was brought to Delhi about a year ago for domestic work by a man. She was kept in a house for three days in Shakurpur where she was raped multiple times. She was then placed in a house in Tagore Garden from where she managed to run away. She then found work in another house where she was again raped. Thereafter, she went to several locations to find a safe shelter but was abused multiple times. She was about to be trafficked to Bangalore when she was able to contact her father. Till date, she has not been paid even a single penny for the work that she was forced to do.
An FIR was registered at Subhash Place police station and the accused arrested. The girl, meanwhile, has been relocated to a shelter home.