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NEW DELHI: Shikha (name changed) is barely 13,
but her experiences over the last fortnight have added years to her age. The Sikkim teenager, a victim of trafficking, was
rescued from a street off G B Road on Monday. The authorities in Sikkim, meanwhile, were quick to apprehend
the alleged trafficker from New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal.
Shikhas ordeal began when her parents agreed to send her to the capital with
one Chandra Maya Rai who allegedly assured them that the child would find
employment as a domestic help.
The young girl was allegedly brought to Delhi on September 7 and was provided
employment through a placement agency in a house near Munirka.
A week later, Shikha was spotted by a beat constable on a road leading to
Delhis largest red light area. He became suspicious when he found the girl
weeping as she crouched in a corner with her belongings . Shikha was taken to
the Kamla Market police station and inquiries revealed that the child was
working as a domestic help in a house in Munirka where she was made to clean
the house and wash utensils. The girl revealed that she was also slapped by her
employers, revealed Rishikant from NGO Shakti Vahini, which is handling the
case.
Speaking to Times City, Shikha said she did not like the
place where she was made to work and asked Rai to take her back home. At this
Rai threatened to sell her off for Rs 25 lakh, Shikha alleged. The traumatised
teenager claimed that on Monday when the lady who she worked for went to take a
bath, she escaped and took a bus to the station. However, it was not clear how
she landed near G
B Road.
Rishikant said senior officials swung into action as soon as the incident was
reported. It was around 11.30pm that the matter came to light. The
girl was shifted to Sikkim House and authorities in Sikkim were intimated. The parents of the
girl were located and it came to light that Rai was on her way by train to Sikkim, senior officials said. She was
apprehended by the authorities soon after the train reached New Jalpaiguri.
Meanwhile, Shikha was produced before the Child Welfare Committee in Mayur
Vihar and handed over to the Sikkim authorities. The child will now be
sent back to her parents. To ensure that Shikha does not find herself again in
a trafficking chain, the CWC issued directions to the state authorities to keep
a vigil for one year on the childs movements.
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