Three minor girls, working as domestic helps, were rescued by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) within a week, said a DCW official on Sunday. The official said the DCW office received a call that a 14-year-old girl works as domestic help at the Kingsway camp. Following which the DCW team immediately reached the place along with police team and found the minor girl working there.
“The girl told police that after her father's death, her mother used to live with her stepfather. She said she had requested her cousin for job in Delhi, who was known to the family of her current employers. She was getting a salary of Rs 5,000 per month since February. However, she informed that she was only paid Rs 12,000 and that too was handed over to her cousin,” said the official.
The DCW official said that the owner of the house, where the 14-year-old girl was working is a businessman, dealing with auto-parts .The girl has been shifted to a shelter home and was later produced in front of the Child Welfare Committee.
Based on the order of the Child Welfare Committee, Delhi Police registered an FIR and also sought an ossification test of the girl. A case under sections 75, 76, 3, 14 and 16 of the Juvenile Justice Act has been registered.
DCW chief Swati Maliwal said, “These small girls working in such conditions are really inhuman. Humanity itself is at stake. We all need to ensure a healthy childhood, education and health facilities for these kids. All stakeholders must come together and act.”