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10-year old Girija (name changed) left with her mother for the Red Light Area of Chilakaluripeta
10-year old Girija (name changed) left with her mother for the Red Light Area of Chilakaluripeta from her own community near Bhimavaram in West Godavari District. Her mother, started prostitution form a small house with two other women. Owing to their moving form one place to the other, Girija had to stop her schooling after class 3. Girija was asked to stay out when customers visited the house for sex work. She was at times asked to get cigarettes/beedis, soda, cold drinks etc. for the customers. One day when the women went to a lodge for prostitution, a regular customer of her mother came to her house and sexually abused her. When she protested, he beat her up and tried to molest her. Hearing her cries, the neighbours came there and saved her form him. Girija became psychologically very weak and was hysteric. She used to shout at men for no reason. Her mother was unable to take care of her as she herself was addicted to alcohol.
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