CASE STUDY OF MARSHILA

Of the Srirampur relief camp under Kokrajhar District. It takes 2 hours drive from Kokrajhar to reach Srirampur relief camp. Marshila was only 8 years old when they started staying in the relief camp due to the conflict, which took place in the year 1996-98. After experiencing horror in her life during the conflict and in the relief camp she decided to go out like other girls from the camps to work as a domestic maid so that she can survive. When the agent got to know that Marshila is interested to move out for job he approached Marshila and took her to Sikkim and placed her in one of the house.

Marshila was only 12 years old when she left home. In her owner’s home she saw one uniform personal who used to stay as a paying guest jointly with the house owner. When the police personal came to know that the owner has got a servant he started giving his clothes to wash and to clean his room as well. Gradually he started exploiting Marshila to have illicit relation with him by promising her for marry. She refused several times for the relationship but he used to forced her and rape her again and again.

One day she got the news from her relief camp that Marshila’s both the parents passed away leaving her and grandmother only. Marshila begged them several times to come her camp but they didn’t allow her to come. The police personal sexually exploited Marshila continuously for seven (7) months. After 7 months when the owner of the house got to know that Marshila is 7 months pregnant they forced her to leave the house and put her in the bus to return in the camp.

Marshila returned to her camp without any payment and in the camp there was no one except her grandmother to keep her. Marshila delivered a little girl child in the year of 2006. When the villager started asking Marshila about the father of the girl child she couldn’t tell anybody. One day Marshila suddenly she fall ill and died leave her child in this world. Marshila died with very suspicious circumstances for many people suspected her of having the HIV. Her daughter is surviving with grandmother and she is 2 years old now. Marshila’s grandmother is looking after the little child but bringing up the child has become difficult for the old lady without any support for herself.