The Crime Branch (CB) has taken up the case involving trafficking of a Dalit woman from Puri to MP, who was recently rescued and bought back home from the neighbouring State.
Crime Branch SP RB Panigrahi met victim Daudi Mallick on Thursday and grilled her for hours at the Puri Sadar police station.
“I along with staff of Crime Branch, Cuttack, came and asked the victim to know the detailed story from beginning to end. She explained her plight before us. On the order of the Director General of Police (DGP), we came for investigation,” said Panigrahi to The Pioneer.
Notably, Daudi had reached Puri on Wednesday after rescued from MP by police there. She had suffered serious injuries during her captivity by one Dausa Singh of Janta village in MP.
Her father Aru Mallick of Bauribasta village of Brahmagiri had complained with the Puri Sadar police station on the trafficking case and sought help to rescue her.
The Puri police with help of their MP counterpart had rescued Daudi. On October 14, The Pioneer was lone newspaper to flash the news.