A 13-year-old girl ran away from the clutches of her exploiters who kidnapped her from a village in Siwan district in Bihar two-and-half months ago and brought her to Delhi. She was kept in the Wazirpur area of Delhi for the last two months and was being repeatedly raped by two youths who brought her to Delhi.

Three days ago, when the kidnappers were on their way to sell the girl, she ran away from their clutches from Sabzi Mandi area and gave a call to her relatives in Bihar, who contacted the local police and she was given shelter.

The outer district police, with the help of an NGO, arrested the accused person near Rohini Metro station on February 21. The accused person identified as Abhishek had kidnapped the girl from her residence with the help of the girl’s relative Ravi Ranjan. In Delhi, the girl was kept at a secret place in Vajitpur and was repeatedly exploited by Abhishek, Ravi and two other local youths from Delhi. The girl got pregnant and the child was aborted after which the youths were planning to sell her off.

A police official said, after being rescued, the girl was sent to Nari Niketan. In her statement to the counsellors in Nari Niketan, she mentioned the brutalities inflicted upon her by her exploiters. She mentioned how these men used to give her dope injections to make her unconscious and then raped her. She also told her counsellors that there are many such girls like her who are kidnapped and sold into prostitution by these youths.

After the 13-year-old ran away from the youths, she was rescued by an NGO, who later arrested her exploiters with the help of the police of Prashant Vihar police station, Outer district. Abhishek, the youth who kidnapped the girl, told her relatives over the phone that he is ready to marry her and will come to pick her up wherever they say. Sensing it as a good opportunity to arrest the person, her relatives asked Abhishek to come to Rohini Metro station on February 21. The local police and the members of NGO were already present there and he was arrested on the spot.

A police team from Siwan in Bihar will come to Delhi on Thursday to look into the matter and the victim girl will be handed over to them to be reunited with her family in Bihar. A missing complaint of the girl was registered in the native village of the girl.

In Delhi, a zero FIR has been registered in the Prashant Vihar police station regarding this case. Bihar police will look after the case once the girl is handed over to them. With the arrest of Abhishek, police is likely to get information about many such girls kidnapped and sold into prostitution. The 13-year-old has alleged that Abhishek and Ravi are a part of a gang, which kidnaps girls and sells them into prostitution.