Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Friday met Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik after nine girls went missing from a government-run shelter home, Sanskar Ashram in Delhi, five days ago. Maliwal appealed to the Delhi Police Commissioner to put all resources available to trace the missing nine girls urgently. Patnaik informed that he transferred the matter to Crime Branch and is making all possible efforts to trace the girls, read a statement.

The DCW chief informed him that the girls had been rescued in dire condition from GB Road and she fears that they have been re-trafficked and have again been forced into prostitution. She appealed to the Police Commissioner to direct the Crime Branch to reach the core of the matter and ascertain the linkages of the traffickers with shelter home authorities as well as Police. She expressed her disbelief that the nine girls could go missing from a government-run shelter home without the knowledge and connivance of the authorities.