Shikha and her mother have not been able to see each other for 16 years as she went missing from Mirpur in Dhaka at the age of eight.
At last they met each other yesterday with the help of Bangladeh Enforcement Human Rights (BSEHR).
According to the BSEHR sources, Shikha, daughter of late Giasuddin at Hossenpur Pumdi village in Kishoreganj went to Dhaka in 2000 with Tuli Begum, a neighour of her, and took the work of domestic servant in a house in Mirpur where she was tortured several times.
As she could not bear the torture, she fled the home. A constable found her and sent her to his native home. She was also tortured by the family members of the constable and fled the house.
Meanwhile, Tuli died and Rahima Begum, mother of the unfortunate girl, had been looking for her many places in Dhaka and several other places of the country over the years.
On the other hand, after fleeing the house of the constable, she went to local bus station to get the bus to her village. But, mistakenly she got on a bus of Khulna where she met a female worker who brought her to a Abul Hossain in Tuitpara Paiper mor area.
Tuli has grown up in the family of Abul.
Abul said he could know about the parents' name of Shikha and her village home.
“Recently, I had announced about the girl in the loudspeaker in local mosque as I could not reach her to her address,” he said.
On information, Advocate Mominul Islam, co-ordinator of (BSEHR) contacted with Abul and rescued the girl.