Two minor girls from Tiruvarur sold by grandmom to mill for ₹20,000, rescued
Gokul.R@timesgroup.com
Trichy:14.12.2019
Two minor girls from Tiruvarur, who were sold by their grandmother to two women for ₹20,000, were rescued from a readymade garments unit in Coimbatore on Friday.
District child protection officer (DCPO) P Selvaraj of Tiruvarur district said that the girls — 13-year-old and 16-year-old — were rescued from the garment manufacturing unit and brought back to Tiruvarur on Friday.
“The girls will be produced before the child welfare committee (CWC) to record their statements, following which cases will be registered against the perpetrators. The committee will decide on their rehabilitation,” Selvaraj told TOI.
The girls’ father was an alcoholic and mother was the sole bread-winner of the family. The girls had one more 8-year-old sister.
While they struggled to make both ends meet, the grandmother of the girls got an offer from two women in Needamangalam in Tiruvarur district to send them to work in a mill in Coimbatore. They offered the family ₹10,000 for each girl.
Sources said that the girls were forced to discontinue their studies and sold off to the two women in November. The crime came to light nearly a week ago after the school administration noticed the absence of the girls for more than two weeks.
“In case of absence of children below14 years of age in the school for more than a week, it should be notified to Child Line and us. In this case also, we got a tip about the girls’ absence from school. Our team carried out an investigation and rescued the girls on Friday,” said Selvaraj. Sources said that the two women agents, the grandmother and the owner of the mill will be booked in the case.
Gokul.R@timesgroup.com
Trichy:14.12.2019
Two minor girls from Tiruvarur, who were sold by their grandmother to two women for ₹20,000, were rescued from a readymade garments unit in Coimbatore on Friday.
District child protection officer (DCPO) P Selvaraj of Tiruvarur district said that the girls — 13-year-old and 16-year-old — were rescued from the garment manufacturing unit and brought back to Tiruvarur on Friday.
“The girls will be produced before the child welfare committee (CWC) to record their statements, following which cases will be registered against the perpetrators. The committee will decide on their rehabilitation,” Selvaraj told TOI.
The girls’ father was an alcoholic and mother was the sole bread-winner of the family. The girls had one more 8-year-old sister.
While they struggled to make both ends meet, the grandmother of the girls got an offer from two women in Needamangalam in Tiruvarur district to send them to work in a mill in Coimbatore. They offered the family ₹10,000 for each girl.
Sources said that the girls were forced to discontinue their studies and sold off to the two women in November. The crime came to light nearly a week ago after the school administration noticed the absence of the girls for more than two weeks.
“In case of absence of children below14 years of age in the school for more than a week, it should be notified to Child Line and us. In this case also, we got a tip about the girls’ absence from school. Our team carried out an investigation and rescued the girls on Friday,” said Selvaraj. Sources said that the two women agents, the grandmother and the owner of the mill will be booked in the case.
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