A traumatised four-year-old girl, who was rescued from her relatives house recently, today refused to go home with her parents.
The district Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has decided to keep the minor girl in a local child-care institution (CCI) here.
"We have put the child in a CCI as she has refused to go home with her parents. She appears to be much traumatised and we are taking all care to ensure that she is properly counselled", said CWC chairman Bikash Mohapatra.
The minor girl was staying with her aunt for over nine months now as her parents work in New Delhi. On Tuesday she was rescued from her aunts house after it was found that the girl was physically tortured by her aunt (fathers sister).
Summoned by the CWC, the girls father and mother arrived here from New Delhi and wanted to take their daughter home on the day. But seeing the parents, the girl cried frightfully and refused to go near them. She said she would continue to stay in the CCI, according to Mohapatra.
"We can understand the situation of the girl and her parents. Since the little girl is very disturbed after all these rapid developments in front of her eyes, we will counsel her to go back to her home with parents as home is the right place for her," Mohapatra said.
Earlier, the police after registering a case under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act had also arrested the aunt of the girl.
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