The Missing Children of Jharkhand
“Many villagers confessed to me that they have been threatened by the traffickers and some of the so called powerful people of their village to not approach the police. When I was working in the area, I myself received a few threats asking me to not interfere in the village and mind my own business,”
Panchu Bara (name changed), a resident of a village in the interiors of Kolebira block of Simdega district awaits the return of his 15-year-old daughter, who went to work in Delhi with a woman who promised the family that they will be given Rs. 2000 per month in lieu of the domestic work done by their daughter.
It will be one year this November since Panchu’s daughter left. “She left after harvesting of the crops and we were told that she will return this year during plantation. The plantation is done now and it’s almost harvest time. We are still awaiting her return,” he said.
