Young Kodagu girl rescued from domestic labour

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, May 13, 2016: According to reports from the city child helpline, a 12-year-old girl, who was working as a child labourer in a house in Babbukatte near Thokkottu, was rescued May12, Thursday.

Childline Mangaluru acted promptly soon after receiving a tip-off through its helpline (1098) and rescued the girl. Their centre coordinator Sampath Katti said that a joint operation was carried out along with the officials of the labour department, district child protection unit and the police.

The rescued girl hails from a poor family in Kodagu district. Her parents were working as labourers in a coffee plantation in Virajpet. The plantation proprietor’s son is a student in one of the medical colleges in Mangaluru, confessed the girl was brought here to work as a domestic help in his rented house in Babbukatte. 

It was officially said the girl will be enrolled in a school under the ’shaale kade namma nade’ programme of the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The girl has been produced before the Child Welfare Committee for rehabilitation," he added.