A 12-year-old girl, working as a domestic help was rescued by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) after she was confined, sexually assaulted by her 55-year-old employer at his residence in Southeast Delhi’s Jangpura area, a senior DCW member said on Monday.
In a Press statement, the DCW stated that the minor girl, who hails from the latehar district in Jharkhand, was brought to Delhi and placed as a domestic help at a house in Southeast Delhi’s Jangpura area in March last year.
“The minor girl was sexually exploited, illegally confined and regularly beaten by her 55 year old employer who asked her to massage his body including his private parts. She was not given regular food and was found to be in a terrible condition. She had injuries on her eye and informed DCW that the employer, his wife and daughter in law regularly beat her up. She was not allowed to contact her parents and has not been given any wage till now,” said a senior DCW official. The 12-year-old girl managed to escape when her employer went out with his family for a vacation.
Seeing her sitting alone and crying, a passerby made a call to DCW women helpline 181. DCW team of counselors reached the place and took the minor girl to the Jangpura police station.
A cased has been registered under IPC sections 342, section 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and sections 23 and 26 of the Juvenile Justice Act. However, the main accused is yet to be arrested.
DCW Chief Swati Jaihind said that she has written to the Sub Divisional Magistrate to ensure that sections under Bonded labour Act are also added in the matter. DCW said that they are taking steps steps to ensure that the girl is being rehabilitated.
“Hundreds of girls from Jharkhand are being brought to Delhi and sold off. They are being made to face untold atrocities. The placement agencies operating in the Capital should be immediately regulated. Further, both Delhi and Jharkhand should work in close cooperation with each other to stop human trafficking”, she said.
A similar incident was reported on Saturday when a 15-year-old girl was rescued from the Model Town area.
The DCW on Saturday said that they had rescued the minor girl, who had suffered multiple injuries, burn injuries and cuts inflicted by a dentist on her at the latter’s residence.
According to the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), the child was allegedly bitten, beaten and burnt in the past four months after she was placed there by an agency.