Pune: The New Year brought great joy for a man named Sakha Das of Gramjiroh, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, as he finally succeeded in tracing his 16-year-old daughter in the city.
His daughter and niece were brought to the city last year by his niece's husband and sold into prostitution.
While Das' niece had managed to get out of a brothel and later also find her two-year-old daughter, who had been abandoned in a temple by her husband, his own daughter had remained missing since September.
Now, Das came again to trace his minor daughter. When he and his 25-year-old son reached the city, a constable of the Faraskhana police station helped trace the 16-year-old.
After his girl was traced, Das was in tears and bowed down before the constable, saying, "I will not be able to return your good deed in my life."
"I was separated from my sister and my brother-in-law Ajay told me he was taking me to his sister's place, but it turned out be a brothel," she said. "Later, I kept on asking where my sister was and they told me that she was also sold. The brothel lady constantly threatened to kill me if I dared to attempt an escape. Whenever they suspected a police raid, they used to shift me to the brothel manager's residence, which was closer by. I was also asked to hide whenever people from my village came searching for me."
Initially, the Faraskhana police had said that a cognisable offense had already been registered at North 24 Parganas and that the police there would take necessary action.
His daughter and niece were brought to the city last year by his niece's husband and sold into prostitution.
While Das' niece had managed to get out of a brothel and later also find her two-year-old daughter, who had been abandoned in a temple by her husband, his own daughter had remained missing since September.
Now, Das came again to trace his minor daughter. When he and his 25-year-old son reached the city, a constable of the Faraskhana police station helped trace the 16-year-old.
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After his girl was traced, Das was in tears and bowed down before the constable, saying, "I will not be able to return your good deed in my life."
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"I was separated from my sister and my brother-in-law Ajay told me he was taking me to his sister's place, but it turned out be a brothel," she said. "Later, I kept on asking where my sister was and they told me that she was also sold. The brothel lady constantly threatened to kill me if I dared to attempt an escape. Whenever they suspected a police raid, they used to shift me to the brothel manager's residence, which was closer by. I was also asked to hide whenever people from my village came searching for me."
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Initially, the Faraskhana police had said that a cognisable offense had already been registered at North 24 Parganas and that the police there would take necessary action.
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