NEW DELHI: A teenage girl was sent from Jharkhand to Delhi to work as a household help by Sheela, an agent who promised her a good income and better quality of life. The girl’s father, a daily wage worker, was the sole earning member of the family. The girl was placed as a help in an east Delhi house at a salary of Rs 2,500. She did all the household work except cooking for over 15 hours a day. She worked there for more than two years but never received a single paisa.
After the 15-year-old was rescued from the house by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), the child welfare committee (CWC) ordered the employers to pay her Rs 6. 7 lakh as dues. The girl told her counsellors that she did not get even a day off or allowed to speak to her parents. She did not get proper food or clothes either.
