A 17-year-old tribal girl from Odisha's Dhenkanal district was allegedly trafficked to Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district under the pretext of a job, sold twice and subjected to repeated sexual and physical abuse for two years.
She escaped last week with the help of a local lawyer and returned home, police said.
A woman has filed a complaint alleging assault in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh after a man from Odisha sold her there.
The FIR states that the girl was living in the Kankadahada area of Dhenkanal district after her mother's second marriage when a local man approached her in 2024 with an offer of employment in Bhubaneswar.
Instead of a job in Bhubaneswar, she and three other girls were trafficked to Uttar Pradesh and handed over to a man named Asish Yadav in the Jhansi district.
The victim said she was confined to Asish's home in Jhansi for three months, where Asish and his father Kalyan repeatedly assaulted her.
When she became pregnant as a result of the abuse, Asish's mother, Urmila, arranged for a forced medical abortion.
After the abortion, the girl was sold to a person named Chandrapal Kushwaha for ₹50,000 in December 2024.
Chandrapal raped her first, then his elder brother and two uncles took turns. This went on for two years.
The minor eventually escaped one night with the help of a local advocate and made her way to the Jhansi district headquarters last week.
