Alwar, May 7: A 20-year-old girl was kidnapped from Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district two months ago and gangraped by three men for over two months in Dholpur. When the girl developed ilness, she was handed over to a quack who also allegedly raped her for several days. On Saturday, the girl somehow managed to escape from the house of the quack and approached police. After she narrated her horror of torture she went through, the case was handed over to the anti-human traffic cell of the local police.
The case has once again brought to fore rampant kidnappings or trafficking of girls from nearby states for sexual exploitation in Dholpur. Officials said that at least half a dozen girls have been rescued over the past 20 days from the human trafficking gangs operating in the area.
According to senior police officers, the girl, whose identity was withheld, was kidnapped when she was waiting for a bus at Gwalior. "Three people approached her in an SUV and offered her a lift to Morena," said a police officer.
The three men, identified by the girl as Udaybhan Gujjar, Bahadur Singh Gujjar and Shabu, took her to Kanchanpura forests instead of Morena.
"The girl says that the three men kept her hostage for two months and repeatedly raped her. She fell sick following which they took her to a quack, identified as Mahaveer Singh. The girl alleged that he too kept her for over 8 days in his house and raped her," said the officer.
The medical examination of the girl confirmed rape. "The case has been handed over to the anti-human trafficking cell," said the officer.
SP, Dholpur, Harendra Mahawar told TOI that the police are trying to bust a gang involved in trafficking of at least 15 girls recently. "These girls were bought from poor families in UP and MP and then brought to Dholpur where they were sexually exploited," said the officer.
The in-charge of anti-human trafficking cell Sitaram Meena said that special teams have rescued six women from Maniya police station area alone since March 20.
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