INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, November 14
Police have arrested a woman, who had allegedly sold her niece to a brothel in New Delhi seven years ago.
Krishna
Maya Lama aka Kanchhi Tamang, the victim aunt from Surya Gadhi Rural Municipality, Nuwakot, had been living in Kathmandu.
The victim, aged
14 then, came to Kathmandu from her village in Nuwakot in 2011, seeking refuge at her aunt place
The victim had left her village after her mother died in an accident and father left her after getting married for the second time.
When the
victim came to Kathmandu to live with her, Tamang provided her a job at a small eatery for a few months in Chapagaun, Lalitpur.
Later,Tamang
trafficked her to India, on the pretext of taking her back to her hometown, for her education, in January 2012
The girl was drugged and trafficked to New Delhi via r
In New Delhi, she was sold to a brothel owner for INR 10,000, according to police.
Anti-human trafficking bureau of Nepal Police arrested
Tamang yesterday from Budhanilkantha area of Kathmandu
She was taken into custody after the victim was rescued and brought to Kathmandu, a few months ago.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Anupam
Sumsher JB Rana at anti-human trafficking bureau of Nepal Police said the victim was given Oxytocin hormone vaccine, which has been used
illegally at brothels to speed up puberty among child sex workers.
&She was given the injection three times for several months,& said Deputy
Superintendent of Police Sumsher
After few months, she was forced into sex trade which continued for seven years.
A few months ago, a Nepali client at the brothel met the
victim and befriend her.
A couple of months later, the same person with the support of Maiti Nepal, an organisation that has been working
for the victims of human trafficking, rescued her.
Upon returning Nepal she filed FIR against two persons for human trafficking.
Police has
yet to nab another accused Sher Bahadur Lama, 42, in the human trafficking case.
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