Ghasipura: With their 17-year-old girl missing for six months in Andhara Pradesh, a worried couple of Barmal under Ghasipura block in Keonjhar district Wednesday sought the help of the sub-divisional legal services authority.
The parents had initially sought help of police, but the latter refused to accept their complaint and advised them to move the district labour office and Childline.
The couple met the staff of Childline May 8 and necessary documents of the missing girl Gitanjali were prepared. They sought help of Anandapur Legal Services Authority Wednesday.
Gitanjali’s father Chaturbhuja Jena said he had sent his daughter among other girls of the village with Tripati Patra, a contractor of Berhampur, to work in Andhra Pradesh for daily wage. “Six months have passed, but there is no trace of my daughter,” Jena said.
Two of the girls came back to the village May 6. When Gitanjali’s parents asked the two about her daughter, the girls stated they had not seen Gitanjali since May 5. Even the contractor is not available on phone, a worried Jena said.
