Raped by 200 men in 3 months: 12-year-old Bangladeshi girl rescued in flesh trade racket bust in Mumbai
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, a 12-year-old Bangladeshi girl rescued during a recent flesh trade racket bust at Naigaon in Vasai said she was sexually abused by over 200 men in a span of three months.
The girl was rescued on July 26, after NGOs Exodus Road India Foundation and Harmony Foundation assisted the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of Mira-Bhayandar Vasai-Virar (MBVV) Police. Ten people have been arrested in this case so far.
"At the remand home, the 12-year-old girl said she was first taken to Nadiad in Gujarat and sexually abused by over 200 men in a span of three months. This girl has not even reached her teenage years, but her childhood has been stolen by such monsters in the flesh trade," said Abraham Mathai, founder- chairman of Harmony Foundation.
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"As the girl had failed in one subject in school, out of fear of her strict parents she decided to run away from home along with a woman who was an acquaintance. The woman sneaked her into India and pushed her into flesh trade," said Mathai, demanding the arrest of all 200 men who abused the girl.
Police commissioner Niket Kaushik assured that MBVV police is "using its full force to unearth the entire network and ensure a safe environment for vulnerable adolescents".
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Mathai pointed out that this child's ordeal is not a solitary tragedy. "Behind every such rescue," he said, "is a child who wasn't heard; a child failed first by those meant to protect her, and then by a society that only reacts when it's too late." When parents, often with good intentions, wield strictness, they can unknowingly build walls where bridges are needed, he added.
Activist Madhu Shankar said: "I have often seen minor girls begging in Vashi and Belapur areas, who are often stolen as babies from villages, brought to cities and then exploited. They are handled by one or two elderly women who also push them into prostitution. They are even administered hormonal injections so that they attain puberty earlier."
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