Acting on a habeaus corpus petition filed by Human Rights law Network, the Court immediately admitted the petition and issued notice to 11 out of 16 respondents. It further directed the Delhi Police to make all efforts to produce the trafficked girls and to take action on the complaint of one rescued girl, in which she has complained of being physically assaulted.
The tribal girls hailing from Orissa who happen to be victims of Kandhmal communal riots, were trafficked, tortured, sexually abused and sold in Delhi early last year. A joint rescue drive launched by a civil society group All India Christian Council and Human Rights Law Network resulted in freeing one minor girl but could not trace the other two young women. Complaints were made in this regard with the Delhi Police but seeing the insensitive attitude of police, HRLN brought this issue to the notice of Hon’ble Delhi High Court by way of a writ petition.
The rescued girl narrated the horrific stories of being trafficked, sold, forced to drink alcohol, molested and attempted rape. She further said that she was being employed as a domestic help since January 2010 and was made to work from dawn till midnight, with two chapattis for the whole day and leftover, if any, for dinner.
Representations made to Delhi Police fell on deaf years and the policemen kept on denying the role of traffickers. Seeing no hope from police, mothers of the girls approached the Delhi High Court which immediately admitted the petition and issued notices to respondents.
The case is still going on and the Court is strictly monitoring the progress.
For further details, please contact:
Advocate Lansinglu Rongmei,
Ms. Karuna Dayal,
Human Rights Law Network
Email: antitrafficking@hrln.org
Order dated - 20.09.2010
Source: HumanRightsLawNetwork
Delhi HC comes to rescue of Orissa tribal girls trafficked to city
No comments:
Post a Comment