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27/11/2024

Photo and story Gmb Akash

“If on that day someone would had given me a shelter for just one night, my life would not have fallen into Hell”
I had a stepmother in my house. She used to torture me on a daily basis. I planned to flee from my house. I managed to have an address of my khala (aunt) who lives in Dhaka. I escaped with the address and 200 taka. I was not familiar with the roads nor how to go to Dhaka. Somehow I managed to get a seat on a ,bus which was going to Dhaka. There was too much traffic so my bus was stuck in one place for hours. It was getting darker and I did not know what to do. When I got off the bus, it was midnight,12 am. I was so afraid that I asked every single female passenger to give me a shelter for one night. I was crying and did not know what to do. No one believed me. I had to go to Nobinagar by way of Savar so from Gaptoli a person helped me take a bus. While it reached Savar, the conductor said they will not go any further. I keep crying and asking help from a girl passenger who was traveling with family. They dropped me at the Savar bus stand to take a bus to Nobinagar but I did not understand where to catch it. Suddenly I saw a gang of males running towards me so I started to run. After five minutes they caught me and I became senseless. When I got back my senses I found myself in the brothel.

_ Shaila, a s*x worker (15 years old)