A minor girl of Sundargarh district, who hadgone missing from his native village for last fifteen days, was rescued from Bankura area of West Bengal by police on Tuesday. She wasallegedly sold off by a broker to work as a domestic help.
The father of the victim girl had lodged a complaint in Bargaon police station of the district on Monday. Chatna police of Bakunda district informed the Bargaon police about rescue of the girl and her handover to CWC, Bankuda. The girl has been kept there in a shelter house .
Sources said the father of the missing girl received a phone call from an unknown number a couple of days back. After picking up the phone he knew that the call was from his missing daughter. The victim girl reportedly had informed him that one Deepak Munda had sold her.
The father of the victim girl soon lodged a complaint in Bargaon police station. "A case had been registered and we had started inquiring into the incident," said IIC Surya Kanti Das of Bargaon police station, adding that steps are being taken to bring the victim girl to home.