Mangalore, November 17: A minor girl, allegedly employed as a domestic help in the house of a business man in the city, was taken into custody by the officials on Monday, during a joint raid carried out by the District Labour Department, Child Development Project Office, the Women and Child Welfare Department and women police.
Based on a complaint received by a rural level officer of CDPO, a team of officials from the above departments raided the house of one Mansoor Husain at Old Kent Road, Pandeshwar and taken Minaz, a native of Tairkere taluk in Chikmagalur district into their custody.
Shocked by the unexpected raid the girl began to cry. However, the officials were succeeded to convince the little girl who initially protested and hesitated to leave the house and go with officials.
Although the age of the girl was not confirmed, CDPO officer Gangadher informed media persons that she might around 12-year-old. “We can't accurately speak of her age now. It would be known only after the medical and dental check-up”, he said.
He said that the girl will be handed over to Child Welfare Committee after examination.
The girl said that she came to the house around 10 days ago, along with his brother. She also said that she is a Class- VI student at Government Higher Primary School at Bergur village in Tarikere.
The officers who went to the spot at 10: 30 am, enquired the residents for more than two hours. Mr Gangadhar said that the residents of the house had a different version about the girl to narrate.
While contacted the house owner Husain over phone, as he was not present at the spot, he said that the girl might had visited the house on one or two days ago.
However, the family members, who were present at the house, said that the girl was staying at house since last 10 days.
“A poor boy from Tarikere had visited this house to collect Zakath in the month of Ramadan and we had given him some money. On his way back, the boy met with an accident and once again he came back seeking help. We provided him treatment at a hospital spending nearly Rs 30,000. Around 10 days ago, he once again visited our house along with his sister Minaz and we allowed her to stay her here for some days”, said one of the family members.
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