Noida: Domestic helper reunited with kin after 7 years

NOIDA: A woman working as a domestic staffer in a housing society was reunited with her family in Jharkhand after almost seven years with help from a few neighbours and a local NGO.
The woman had seen images of migrant workers setting out for home on foot and reached out to a few neighbours. She was brought to Noida seven years ago and had been working at Eldeco Green Meadows society in Pi sector since then.
Sadhna Sinha, president of the Mahila Shakti Samajik Samiti, said she had received information about the woman wanting to return home to Khunti district.
“She was brought here as a domestic staffer by a middleman with whom she lost touch. She had been staying here for the past seven years and only now wanted to return home. Also, she was getting not getting paid regularly,” she said.
Deputy commissioner of police (crime against women) Vrinda Shukla said the woman had not lodged any complaint against her employers. When the woman was questioned about her family, the only thing she could recollect was the name of her father and Khunti district.
These details were shared with Jharkhand Police, who got in touch with the family. The woman’s brother was called to Greater Noida along with a team of district the anti-human trafficking unit. No action was taken against her employers as she hadn’t lodged any complaint.