Saturday, June 28, 2014
Four girls sold for 1.20 lakh each rescued
Four teenage girls who were sold in a brothel in Uttar Pradesh have been rescued and brought back to their village in 24 Parganas (South) district of West Bengal today.
The four girls were lured by one Manna Sheikh who promised them jobs in Ukhra of Uttar Pradesh last year with the consent of their family but since then their whereabouts were not known, the police said.
Early this month, the father of one of the girls, Barkatuddin Laskar informed the Basanti police station and, went to Ukhra and with the help of the local Ukhra police rescued the four from a brothel. The girls claimed they were sold for Rs 1.20 lakh each by Sheikh. Sheikh is absconding and police is in search for him.
Updates from TOI
KOLKATA: A villager from Basanti in South 24-Parganas has single-handedly succeeded in rescuing his teenaged daughter and three other girls from his village from a dance bar in remote Uttar Pradesh. The girls had been trafficked last October by a tout who is also the rescuer's brother-in-law. It was a train ticket that accidentally fell out of the tout's pocket that led the father to the girls.
A complaint was lodged against the tout at Basanti police station on Saturday.
Last October, Mannan Sk turned up at Chaprakhali village and told brother-in-law Barkat Laskar that he was looking for some young girls to serve as helps in 'respectable' homes in Delhi. The pay, he quoted was much higher than what Barkat could hope to earn in a month. Barkat readily agreed to send one of his daughters with Mannan. He also arranged for three other girls from the village.
"They left for Delhi in October but never called home after that. Mannan would turn up every few months and hand over money to the families. He would assure us that the girls were well and their employers are satisfied. If questioned further, he would get irritated and ask how would the girls be sending home money if they were not in safe hands? But he never got them to speak to us," Barkat said .
In the first week of June, Mannan returned to Chaprakhali and met Barkat and the other parents at a tea stall. He paid them what the girls had apparently earned, but Barkat wasn't convinced. Even as Mannan was bringing out the cash from his pockets, a piece of paper fell to the ground. Mannan didn't notice, but Barkat picked it up after the tout left. It turned out to be a train ticket from a remote town in UP to Howrah. Barkat claimed the town was Ukhao or Ukhau.
Without informing Mannan, Barkat left for this location the next day. He claims he spent the next 10 days scouring all red light areas and every dance bar in that part of UP. He also got in touch with people involved in trafficking of girls from West Bengal and Nepal. Finally, he located his daughter in a dance bar. The three other girls were also with her. The desperate father got in touch with the local police, who immediately conducted a raid. The girls were rescued and escorted to the station with Barkat to catch a train to Howrah. The group reached Basanti on Saturday.
"We learnt of the case only after the UP police got in touch with us and provided all assistance. A complaint has been lodged by Barkat and we have already initiated a search for Mannan," said Praveen Tripathy, SP, South 24-Parganas.
Updates from TOI
KOLKATA: A villager from Basanti in South 24-Parganas has single-handedly succeeded in rescuing his teenaged daughter and three other girls from his village from a dance bar in remote Uttar Pradesh. The girls had been trafficked last October by a tout who is also the rescuer's brother-in-law. It was a train ticket that accidentally fell out of the tout's pocket that led the father to the girls.
A complaint was lodged against the tout at Basanti police station on Saturday.
Last October, Mannan Sk turned up at Chaprakhali village and told brother-in-law Barkat Laskar that he was looking for some young girls to serve as helps in 'respectable' homes in Delhi. The pay, he quoted was much higher than what Barkat could hope to earn in a month. Barkat readily agreed to send one of his daughters with Mannan. He also arranged for three other girls from the village.
"They left for Delhi in October but never called home after that. Mannan would turn up every few months and hand over money to the families. He would assure us that the girls were well and their employers are satisfied. If questioned further, he would get irritated and ask how would the girls be sending home money if they were not in safe hands? But he never got them to speak to us," Barkat said .
In the first week of June, Mannan returned to Chaprakhali and met Barkat and the other parents at a tea stall. He paid them what the girls had apparently earned, but Barkat wasn't convinced. Even as Mannan was bringing out the cash from his pockets, a piece of paper fell to the ground. Mannan didn't notice, but Barkat picked it up after the tout left. It turned out to be a train ticket from a remote town in UP to Howrah. Barkat claimed the town was Ukhao or Ukhau.
Without informing Mannan, Barkat left for this location the next day. He claims he spent the next 10 days scouring all red light areas and every dance bar in that part of UP. He also got in touch with people involved in trafficking of girls from West Bengal and Nepal. Finally, he located his daughter in a dance bar. The three other girls were also with her. The desperate father got in touch with the local police, who immediately conducted a raid. The girls were rescued and escorted to the station with Barkat to catch a train to Howrah. The group reached Basanti on Saturday.
"We learnt of the case only after the UP police got in touch with us and provided all assistance. A complaint has been lodged by Barkat and we have already initiated a search for Mannan," said Praveen Tripathy, SP, South 24-Parganas.
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