As a part of its Operation Milap, Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has reunited a 17-year-old girl lodged at a children’s home with her family. A team of Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) on December 19 reached Ashraya Family Home, a children’s home at Madanpur Dabas and examined the records of children lodged there.
During examination, one girl appeared nervous and on sustained compassionate persuasion, she revealed that her father is a roadside stone seller in ludhiana, Punjab and that she belongs to a poor family.
“She used to visit fairs with her parents to sell balloons. In September, one Rinku allegedly lured her to come to Delhi and they stayed in Bawana area for 10 days after which he left her. later on, she was found by police and sent to the Ashraya Family Home on September 17. Due to the fear of social stigma she had not revealed her details before, she said,” Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch).
Subsequently, a team lead by DCP Dinesh Kumar Gupta was able to trace the parents and was rushed to ludhiana. The police station concerned was intimated about the same as well. Crime Branch has started a drive to link missing children with the parents. The police have been asked to screen and document all the children residing in shelter homes, railway platforms, bus stands, roads, religious places and others.