identified a missing girl

Police identified a missing girl – Hands over to HELP home

A 15 years old girl is found to police at Chilakaluripet of Guntur district. After taking her to police station, the police informed to HELP and requested to keep in HELP home for counseling, care and protection services.

According to the statement of the girl, her name is SK.Reshma belongs to Bapuji Street, Nellore. She is an orphan who lost her parents at the age of her 3^rd year. She is having an elder brother named as Ramana aged 28 years old who is working as lorry driver. He used to travel most of the days in a month and comes to home very rare. She is not willing to stay at home as there is no protection for her.

After some time she wanted to see her aunt at Vijayawada and started from Nellore on 13^th evening of this month. She has ascended in a truck as some of the passengers also there in the same truck. On the middle of the way rest of the passengers got down as they reached their destination. Only the girl remained in the truck along with the driver. When the vehicle nearer to reach Chilakaluripet at midnight the driver stopped the truck beside the road around 12 pm and attempted to rape her. The girl shouted loudly, jumped down the vehicle and ran away to some extent. The driver already drags her money purse and escaped from there. The girl remained on the road alone when the police came for night patrolling. They asked her whereabouts and brought her to police station. The police informed to HELP staff on 14^th morning i.e. Sunday about the girl. The Guntur district staff approached police and interacted with the girl. She is not willing to get back to home and hence the police requested to provide care and protection services to the girl by keeping her in HELP home.

HELP staff brought the girl to HELP home and providing her counseling, care and protection services. HELP is putting its efforts to interact with Nellore police and is planning to conduct home investigation.

Trafficked girl reached HELP home

Trafficked girl reached HELP home

A 17 years old girl along with 4 other girls sold at Delhi by Gudivada traffickers. She however escaped from there and found at Vijayawada bus station. Finally the girl reached HELP home through Tv9 staff on 11th nov 10.

HELP collected the information from the girl that, the girl edla amma kondlu @ swathi is the native of Uppalapadu village, Chebrolu mandal of West Godavari District. She is working as a domestic servant at Tadepalligudem. Her parents are agricultural labor. She fell in love with a boy. The boy with the help of two more women sold the girl at Delhi along with 4 other girls who belongs to Vizag district. After some time these girls came to realize entire situation. However they escaped from Delhi and reached Vijayawada. Rest of the girls except “Swathi“left away to their places. This girl sat alone and found to a stranger when somebody at bus station teasing her. The stranger informed to media person (Tv9) when she is in dilemma at Vijayawada bus station. TV9 staff taken away the girl to their office and handover to HELP Krishna dist staff for protection and enquire about whereabouts.

After getting her to HELP home, staff informed and enquired with West Godavari police officials. They revealed that a missing case has been booked as complained by her parents 3 months ago at Tadepalligudem police station and the police are in search. Police from Tadepalligudem came to HELP home for confirmation of the case and received statement from the girl.

Now the girl is in HELP home at Machavaram. Moreover the girl is carrying third month. HELP is providing counseling services and basic needs to the girl. HELP staff is going to conduct home investigation at girl’s native village as a part of further proceedings.

Rescued a victim - Referred to HELP home

Rescued a victim - Referred to HELP home

Police conducted a rescue operation on a brothel house with the information of HELP staff on 13/11/10 at Annavarappadu colony of Ongole, Prakasam district and arrested a trafficker and a customer. The Victim aged 21 years is the native of Mulpur village of Guntur District.

Trafficker Anjibabu brought one minor girls and one women from Mulpur and surrounding villages with a pretext of good job with more money and hence the victim accompanied with trafficker to Ongole. He coarsely drags her in to prostitution. We informed to the police whole issue and joined police for rescue operation. During the operation the minor girl escaped from the brothel house. Now the police in search for minor girl.

The victim’s husband was died. Since then she go to daily wages for meager money. She has two children aged 9 and 6 years. She is the member of a Self Help Group. When she was in want of money, the trafficker found her and assured his assistance in the form of a good job and more money. She believed him accompanied to Ongole.

Police registered a case U/sec. 3,4,5,6 & 8 of ITP Act - 1956 at Ongole - II town police station and filed FIR No.126/10. Police produced before Hon’ble Special Mobile court. The magistrate referred the victim to HELP home.

Now the victim is at HELP transit home and is getting counseling and basic needs.

Police constable run a brothel house – rescued a victim

Police constable run a brothel house – rescued a victim

An AR constable has been arrested by the Ongole taluk police in trafficking case at Samatha nagar-Ongole. By the information about prostitution is run by the AR constable through M.Mani. this information received by HELP team, the police raided on the brothel house on 2^nd early hours rescued one girl age bellow 20 years from Vijayawada and arrested G.Susmita of Elur, B.Raju – customer of Chimakurthi along with AR constable and Mani.

Susmitha is trapping the girls from various places and supplying them to brothel houses on contract basis. As a part of this a victim xxx is trapped by Susmita from Vijayawada and brought to Ongole, sold to Mani.

The case is filed under ITP Act sec. 3, 4 and 5. And produced before the court. The honorable court handover the girl to HELP transit center for counseling and rehabilitation.