New Delhi: Delhi Police on Sunday claimed to
have smashed a placement agency providing minor children as
domestic helps with the arrest of its woman owner and rescue
of a girl working in a house.
On a tip-off, investigators yesterday rescued a
10-year-old girl from a house in Noida Sector 50 where she was
employed, Vivek Kishore, Deputy Commissioner of Police
(Central), said.
"We received an information that the placement agency
located in Paharganj was involved in employing minor children
as domestic servants. Further investigations led to the rescue
of the girl from Noida," he said.
The girl was employed at Rs 1,000 per month. he said
adding police received the tip-off from Child Helpline, an
NGO.
The owner of the agency Rekha was arrested while Sarita
Taneja, who allegedly employed the girl, is on the run, he
said.
"The role of some more people suspected to be involved in
this racket is also being probed," Kishore said.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, December 19, 2010, 20:27