Jaipur, May 03: Fourteen-year-old Marti is in a state of shock. She has just been rescued from the cotton fields of Gujarat where she was sold by her neighbours. She was made to work for hours without a break and tortured when refused to work.
Daughter of one Shankar Meena of Palpadar village in Dungarpur district, she was playing outside her house when her neighbour Shanti Meena took her to a nearby market on the pretext of buying her new shoes. Shanti was later joined by her husband Kanti Meena and her father-in-law Jeeva and they took Marti to Gujarat border.
On reaching the border, Shanti met three persons Tharvda, Pratap and Raju who had come from Gujarat and were waiting for them. They handed over Marti to them for Rs 40,000 after which she was taken to Banaskantha and handed over to contractor Jayanti Meena.
-Agencies