Missing since February, 15-year-old Bengal girl rescued in Uttar Pradesh

KOLKATA: On World Day Against Trafficking In Persons on Friday, the Diamond Harbour police district combined with NGO Shakti Vahini, working on anti-trafficking, to rescue a 15-year old girl who was taken all the way to Mathura in UP. The survivor from Maheshtala was allegedly kidnapped in a car on her way to the market.
The girl called back home and the NGO coordinated with both UP and Maheshtala police.

The girl was reported missing in February. However, in July she managed to call her father and informed that she was held hostage in Mathura, where she was physically and sexually exploited. “Her brother-in-law even threatened to kill her if she tried escaping. The girl informed about her whereabouts after which we made the rescue,” stated an investigating officer.
On Friday, the West Bengal Child Protection Commission and NGOs like Shakti Vahini and GGBK visited at least 70 odd police stations of North and South 24 Parganas to spread the importance of reacting as soon as news of a girl going missing is reported.