13-year-old-prostituteA girl from Gujarat turned to prostitution to buy electronic gadgets that her friends used as her middle class background can not afford them. The girl is just 13 years old and her mother runs a grocery shop in Subhanpura to feed the family.

The father of the teenager had died three years ago and the mother worked day and night in the store. She was totally aware of her daughter’s illicit work which is managing with a secret secondary phone. She used the vacant available house before her mother returned.

The mother came to know about this after she was told by the daughter that she may be pregnant. Many high-end electronic gadgets and mobile phones were also found in her possession. Despite her mother’s counselling the girl refused to budge. It was then that the mother called a counsellor of 181 Abhayam service to seek help in helping her change ways.