Three held for human trafficking, 3 girls rescued
New Delhi, Aug 25 : Delhi Police
Tuesday claimed to have busted a human trafficking racket with the arrest of
three people, including a mother-son duo. Three girls have been rescued.
Acting on a
complaint by Anita Devi, a resident of west Delhi's Nangloi village, that her
23-years-old daughter Manju was missing since Aug 16, when she had gone to seek
employment from Sunil Jha who runs a
placement agency, the police started investigations.
"On investigation, Vinod Mandal, 23, Sanjay Kant, 33, his mother Savitri,
55 -- all residents of Bihar were arrested.
They used to lure girls from economically weaker sections on the pretext of
placing them as domestic helps," said a senior police officer.
"Raids were conducted in Delhi
and Haryana and Manju was rescued. On interrogation, Sanjay disclosed
information about a large scale human trafficking racket. Subsequently, two
more girls were rescued," the police officer added.
"He revealed that when Manju approached Sunil, he along with other
associates abducted her and took her to Rohtak in Haryana where Sanjay
allegedly raped her. She was then sold for Rs.30,000 to Parmanand. Manju was
supposed to be further sold somewhere in Haryana for the purpose of marriage or otherwise," the
police officer said.
"The accused used to get girls through agents from states like Orissa,
Jharkhand, West Bengal on the
pretext of giving them employment as domestic helps. Since these girls belong
to economically poor backgrounds, they would believe them. Sunil would then
negotiate the deal with Parmanand and other associates in Rohtak for the sale
of these girls in various parts of Haryana," the police officer added.
"The accused also used to sexually assault the girls and beat them so that
they do not muster the courage to complain to anybody. More raids are being
conducted to apprehend other members of the syndicate," the police officer
said.
--- IANS
Woman stripped and assaulted in Buxar
Buxar,
Aug 25 : A woman was stripped and assaulted by miscreants at Koirpura Mohalla
area of Buxar district on suspicion that she informed the police about their
'activities' that led to their arrest.
Police said today that a woman was called from her house by the criminals on
the pretext of cutting the woods yesterday.
When the woman came out of her house, she was stripped, mercilessly beaten and
also made to carry woods on her head.
''During preliminary investigation, it appears that criminals have resorted to
such acts as they suspecting her to have informed police about gambling centre
at Koirapur Mohalla,leading to arrest of those involved in such activities'',
police said.
Police informed that raids were being carried to nab the criminals involved in
misbehaviour with the women.
--- UNI
Suchitra faces trouble for hiring minor
Mumbai,
Aug 25 : The Maharashtra government Tuesday
slapped a case against Bollywood actor Suchitra
Krishnamoorthi and television star Laxmi for allegedly employing minors as
servants at their respective residences.
'We were informed that both Suchitra and Laxmi have hired minor girls at maids.
Accordingly, we have initiated necessary proceedings against the two actresses.
We appeal to people to come forward and give us information about such
individuals who employ child labour so we can take suitable steps in the
matter,' Labour Minister Nawab Malik told reporters here Tuesday.
Krishnamoorthi is the ex-wife of filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.
The government took this step in the wake of growing abuse on minor servants in
the city.
On Saturday, television actor
Urvashi Danokar was arrested for physically abusing her 10-year-old
maid-Rameshwari. She got a bail the same day, while the maid is presently in a
juvenile rescue home.
The Child Labour Prevention Act, 1986, was amended October 2006 to ban
employment of children under 14 as domestic servants and in dhabas,
restaurants, hotels and other hospitality sectors. It makes their employment a
punishable offence.
--- IBNS
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