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She also hopes it will inspire others to help rescue those who are enslaved. The following are excerpts from what she told her rescuers at the Indian Rescue Mission who work in conjunction with and are partially supported by Operation Underground Railroad.
My name is Jayanth not her real name. I come from a small village in Maharastra State in India. In my family got me married to a person when I was just 12 years old. My husband was a driver and I lived with him for five years. I had not had children so he married another girl but that relationship did not last long. He came back to me, but during that time he got angry hearing a rumor that I had an illegal relationship with someone in the village, which was not true.
Hearing this, my husband beat me and the doctors told me I cannot bear children anymore because of the beating. After this incident, he contacted an agent in New Delhi. My husband told me I would be working in a beauty parlor there and earning a living. After two days of travel, we reached New Delhi around two in the morning.
I slept that night and when I got up in the morning my husband was not there. In this place, I saw many young girls and heard voices of small children crying. I asked the lady where my husband is. She did not reply. I found that my husband had taken my cell phone, sim cards and all documents. He left me without anything.
