So with help from the organisation that freed her, Aruna filed a grievance to Modi himself, via Twitter. Pawar told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that following the note ban announcement last year, the rescued women’s cash savings were exchanged into new banknotes. But Aruna told Pawar about the money in her trunk that was still at the brothel after she got her travel permit. Activists say trafficking victims often withhold information as they are brainwashed to believe their rescuers would harm them or take away their money. In the meantime, many people have come forward to give her money to take back home after her tweet.

Source: Hindustan Times May 04, 2017 11:37 UTC