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Ina

"Samira" was married at 12 and trafficked to a brothel two weeks later.
 ‘I ran away from my husband after seven days. He was only about 15 or 16, but he raped me so violently that one morning, when I knew he was asleep, I slipped out of the house as quietly as I could, and ran. I left my shoes behind because I didn’t want to wake anyone up. I was so scared about what would happen to me if I was caught.

I ran back to my house, but I was too frightened to go inside because I was covered in blood and bruises. My mum died when I was 11, so my brother and sister had arranged the marriage because they couldn’t afford to look after me any more, and I knew leaving my husband would make them angry. So I asked a rickshaw driver to take me across {town} to my friend’s house – but he told me I should be ashamed of myself, and dropped me off at the brothel instead. I didn’t understand where I was. I just saw all of these women wearing weird make up and strange clothes. But I didn’t have anywhere else to go, so I stayed. When they told me I needed to sleep with men for money, I figured it didn’t matter. I’d already been raped. I might as well get paid for it. Sometimes I feel like it was my choice to end up here, because I’m the one who ran away. And I’m the one who didn’t leave. But I don’t understand how I could feel so unhappy if it was my decision. The pimps taught me how to have sex so that it wouldn’t be so painful, but my whole body still aches all the time. Even I ask the customers to be gentle with me, it hurts so much that I can’t help crying out. I can’t remember the last time I didn’t cry at night. Mostly, I cry because I miss my mum.’


Ina’s mother used to be a sex worker at a Bangladeshi Brothel and her father used to be auto rickshaw driver. Her only sister is older than her and already married. Ina was born and broad up at the brothel.

Being a sex workers’ daughter, growing up inside the brothel, often takes a toll on the daughter’s psychology. The under aged girls often get derailed and attracted to someone they should not get involved with.

Ina grew up inside the brothel and studied up to level Five (V). While she was a student, she met a man 8 to 10 years older than her, to whom she got emotionally attached. Ina had a hard youth with growing up in difficult circumstances. The relationship between Ina and the man began to deepen.

As the relationship deepened, her family also noticed a change to Ina’s behavior. It was harder to contact Ina and she wasn’t home anymore. After a while the family came to know about the relationship. They tried to stop her from keeping in contact with the man, but Ina kept in touch with him secretly.

After some time, the man asked Ina to go away with him. Ina was captivated by the man, and he had made her emotionally dependent on him. In the meantime, Ina’s family found out that the man did not have any good intention with their daughter: he wanted to traffic her. They found out that he wanted to escape with her and had a whole plan for this.

The family of Ina didn’t hesitate and immediately called in our partners. Understanding the situation, the rescue team planned a rescue with local law enforcement agency, filed a GD, rescued the survivor and placed her at the safe shelter of our partner.

Later on, the police and rescue team tried to locate the accused and make an arrest. But somehow the trafficker knew this, and he was nowhere to be found.

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