Trafficked girl rescued in Dimapur

A ten-year-old girl who was sold off as a domestic help by a Naga woman has been rescued by members of a Dimapur-based NGO after three years of her ordeal.

The girl, rescued from Zunheboto, was reunited with her family in a village in Assam-Nagaland border on February 3 due to a great deal of effort from Nagaland Domestic Workers’ Movement (NDWM).

An FIR was also lodged against the woman at the Women Cell of Dimapur police station, the police said.

The NDWM office bearers told newsmen at Dimapur that the victim along with her elder sister were put to the custody of a Naga woman in the town by their mother.

The woman, who sought custody of the two girls from her mother to keep them as domestic help at her residence at Dimapur, sold off the children to a family at Zunheboto in July for Rs10,000.

Finally, the mother of the victims approached the NDWM for help in July last year and after a great deal of effort younger daughter was brought back to Dimapur by the NGO activists.