Sexploited minor is now chained at home

Poverty at times spawns the weirdest of tragedies. A poor woman has to keep her 11-year-old daughter chained in their house to save her from further exploitation by a handful of lechers who lured the gullible girl into a blue film racket while her parents were away at work.

Meena and Devendra, parents of Munni (name changed), worked as a domestic help and a daily wager respectively. They had married off their eldest daughter and, as such, Munni used to be all alone at their house at Chhoti Badalpura in Khagaul, while her parents were away at work for whole day.

"Three months ago, we allowed Munni to work as a help for a fisherman, Mantu, so as to augment our income," Meena told, tears rolling down her cheeks.

That was a blunder. The 30-plus fisherman sexually abused the girl. "I initially failed to fathom what he was up to," the girl told, Mantu introduced her to a photo studio owner who too sexually exploited the girl. He also made movies of the girl doing the act with a few other youths in his studio.

For reasons unknown, the minor girl clandestinely visited the studio every time she was called by the lechers. "I would not have known all this had my neighbours not told me about Munni's `awargardi' behind our back," Meena said, adding she then thrashed her daughter like no parent would ever have beaten her child.

Meena admitted she now locks her house while leaving behind her daughter inside whenever she and her husband both have to go for work. Asked why didn't she take police's help, the harried mother said she feared for her daughter's life. link