KUMUD JENAMANI
Jamshedpur, Nov 6: A 17-year-old girl who fled her home in Kowali thana area of the district for meeting her boyfriend at Tatanagar station was landed at the Child Welfare Committee’s (CWC) shelter home in Sonari late Friday night.
The CWC authority has informed the girl’s parents to turn up at the shelter home for taking back her after attending a counselling session there.
The minor girl who is a resident of Podahat village in Kowali was recovered by a team of Railway Protection Force (RPF) from near the In-gate of the Tatanagar station late night while waiting for her boyfriend.
RPF inspector, Tatanagar, Sanjay Kumar Tiwari said the girl was fortunately spotted by a team of railway police personnel who was on a checking duty at the In-gate area otherwise she could have fallen victim to anti-social elements if standing there while waiting for her boyfriend.
“An RPF lady constable, Dola Mondal, had spotted the minor standing restlessly in a convenient corner near the In-gate. The constable along with other railway police personnel had brought the girl to the railway assistance booth at around 11.30 pm, ” said Tiwari.
According to the RPF inspector, they convinced the minor to tell them the reason behind her visit to the station area and when she said she was waiting for her boyfriend for hours together, then they handed over her to the Railway Childline Center at the Tatanagar station.
He said a Railway Childline Centre functionary, Dipty Kumari took custody of the minor and shifted her to the Sonari-based CWC shelter home past midnight.
“Railway station is an ideal place for the love-birds to meet together and escape, but often the girls fall in wrong hands. Fortunately, the life of this minor was saved due to the vigilance of the RPF personnel, ” said Dipti Kumari.
