Overview
- District Labour Task Force officers with Dispur Police and child welfare officials searched a Panjabari home after neighbour complaints and located the child inside a bed’s storage compartment.
- Officials say the search followed the employer’s denial and resistance, with the girl discovered only after the mattress was lifted and the box was opened.
- Investigators report the girl was trafficked around age seven and forced into domestic work for roughly six years, with signs of physical and psychological trauma noted.
- Police registered a case under Section 138 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita along with relevant POCSO provisions, and said the employer has been booked on trafficking and child-labour charges as questioning continues.
- The child has been transferred to a government facility for medical examination and counselling, and a video of the rescue has circulated widely on social media.