Minor girls tortured, sexually assaulted; 2 held in Guwahati

 STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: In a heart-wrenching incident, two minor girls who were physically tortured by their employer, were subjected to sexual assault after escaping from their employer’s house.

According to police sources, two minor girls aged 9 years and 15 years respectively, were working as domestic help in the house of Dr Raja Das. Dr Das and his family live in Nilachal Apartments, Patharquary. The girls are from Arunachal Pradesh. They were allegedly subjected to physical torture by the family. Unable to take the torture any more, the two girls fled from the house last Saturday.

The girls were allegedly raped by two ice-cream sellers below the bridge at Matgharia. The girls then took shelter at a tea stall in Narengi Forest Gate. The tea stall owner, Dhiren Majumdar allegedly molested them. The poor girls then fled and took shelter at the Narengi Babu Basti.

Meanwhile, Dr Raja Das had lodged an FIR at Noonmati PS that the girls were missing. The police launched a search operation from them and were able to rescue them on Monday. The girls gave the police an account of their ordeal– how they were physically tortured by Dr Raja Das and his family and how they were sexually assaulted after fleeing from his house.

The police arrested Dhiren Majumdar for molestation and Dr Raja Das for physical torture. Search for the two ice-cream sellers is on.

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