Following the disappearance of the nine girls including a minor from Sanskar Ashram Girls Home in Dilshad Garden, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tuesday visited the Ashram to inspect the shelter and has asked for the case to be transferred to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police.
As of yet, police haven’t been able to trace the girls. Senior police officials of Shahdara district said that police teams were on the job to locate the missing girls and bring them back to the shelter home.
DCW chairperson while talking to the media on Tuesday stated that the Ashram is in a terrible condition. “We found out that the girls who have gone missing had been rescued earlier from GB Road, by DCW itself.
It is disheartening that the Commission, at great risk manages to rescue the girls from GB road who end up being re-trafficked,” she said.
“The girls residing in the Ashram were not given proper food and clothing. The girls complained of not being shown to doctors and it was observed that their regular medical checkup was not done,” Maliwal said.
Maliwal also alleged that the traffickers at GB road were definitely responsible in the abduction of these girls and there were high chances of the girls ending up back in GB road.
DCW Chief appealed to Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal to crackdown on the brothels working in GB road area. “Brothels at GB road are hubs of trafficking and each girl there is raped by 30 men daily. The Police Station at 200m remains a mute spectator at best and colludes with the traffickers at worst,” she added.
Expressing disappointment in the police for not being able to trace the girls, Maliwal has appealed to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik to transfer the case to Crime Branch.
Further she has appealed to the Delhi Government to ensure better condition in shelter homes as well as create rehabilitation schemes for survivors of trafficking.