The case of a teenager from Sherasham village sold to a young man from Rajasthan around three years ago, came into light when the victim contacted her father via mobile phone recently.

Basanti Kumari (17), daughter of Banarsi Bhuiyan, had suddenly disappeared from her ancestral residence three years ago. Her parents kept searching but to no avail.

The teenager, on promise of marriage, was trafficked by one Sanjay Chaudhary from Jharkhand, who sold her to Pawan Singh of Patan village in Rajasthan for two lakh rupees.

Soon, she began to be tortured by Singh in his house, who would tell her that he bought her for ₹ 200000.

After an arduous time, Basanti Kumari managed to call her father a few days ago and narrate the incident.

Later, Banarsi Bhuiyan filed a complaint to the Child Welfare Comitee (CWC), Garhwa.

“I have interrogated, and sent a letter to the headquarter DSP cum Nodal Officer SJPU to rescue the girl,” said CWC Chairman Upendra Dubey.

One killed in land dispute case

A 32-year-old Sashi Singh was killed and his younger brother Ravi Singh (25) was injured in the CMPF colony of Dhanbad this evening, when their neighbour Kashi Nath Chaudhary fired at them with a pistol in a case of land dispute near their house.

While the dead body of the deceased has been sent for post-mortem at PMCH, the injured has been rushed to The Mission hospital Durgapur for treatment.

Police have arrested the main accused.