A 22-year-old girl, who had been staying at a de-addiction center located in South Delhi, has lodged a complaint with the Mehrauli police station alleging that the center was trying to push her into prostitution.
The girl alleged that even after recovering from her addiction, she was forcibly confined to the center and was physically abused and tortured for several days. Not only this, she was left without food at the center and was beaten for refusing to go out to solicit customers at night.
All these allegations have been levelled against three women, namely Muskaan, Vanshika, Khushi, and a man, Inder, working at the de-addiction centre.
On her complaint, a case under sections 323, 342 and 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Mehrauli police station on Wednesday and investigation has been initiated.
Police sources said that the victim hails from Vrindavan, Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. In her statement to the police, she stated that she was addicted to sleeping pills, and to get rid of the habit, her father admitted her to a de-addiction center named Shanti Ratan Foundation, located in the Chattarpur area of South Delhi, on March 23 this year.
After several months of treatment, she recovered from her addiction and got discharged from the center on October 29.
According to the girl, at the time of discharge from the centre, the accused, Inder, had told her that she can come and stay at the center for free whenever she wants. After this, she went to meet Muskan, the woman in charge of the ward.
It is alleged that after staying there for two days, she was suddenly held hostage and locked up in the ladies staff room. On inquiry, she was told that her father had got her admitted to the center again.
Later, in the name of treatment, she was forced to sleep on the floor in the cold, denied food, forced to do all the work at the center and clean drains. She was made to stand on her knees for hours and sit on pointed bricks. Moreover, they forcefully put toilet brush and mop in her mouth.
On November 13, Muskaan, Vanshika, Khushi and Inder caught hold of the victim and thrashed her badly with sticks and kicked her and forced her to go for prostitution at night. It is claimed that the victim’s ear was badly injured due to the beating.
However, on November 22, divulged the truth while speaking to her father on phone. After knowing about the incident, her father came to the center and took her to the local police station, where she registered the complaint regarding the incident.
Deputy Commissioner of Police South District, Chandan Chaudhary said a police team is working on the case and suitable action will be taken once investigation completes.