A minor girl has been rescued from the farmhouse of a property dealer in South Delhi’s Mehrauli on Saturday night. The girl was allegedly confined to the farmhouse where she was forced to work as a household help.
The 65-year-old property dealer, however, was arrested. The 16-year-old girl, a resident of Kishanganj in Bihar, had been working at the farmhouse for the past one year.She was handed over to the accused — Vijay Kumar — by a placement agency in lieu of Rs35,000 at North Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar.According to police records, the girl never got any salary and was not even fed regularly. She also alleged that she was at times beaten up.
Police said she had been trying to escape from the farmhouse, but failed multiple times. She finally managed to sneak out of the farmhouse on Saturday evening and informed police of her condition via phone. A police team soon reached the spot, rescued the girl and nabbed the accused.
The accused has been booked under Child labour Act and the victim has been sent for counselling.