Delhi’s 5 most dreaded woman criminals- Running sex racket to ordering murders A 32-year-old woman who snatches cell phones for a living; a mother of eight who orders killings for money; a 35-year-old-woman who runs Delhi’s biggest prostitution racket — the Capital has its fair share of women criminals. Some of them, police say, are “godmothers” who run their own gangs with men working under them. One of Delhi’s most wanted is a 62-year-old woman, declared absconding in a murder case. The woman named Basiran, whose six sons face around 99 criminal cases, had taken around Rs 60,000 to pay off contract killers for a murder. More ... India’s first anti-human trafficking law proposes life term for repeat offenders Life imprisonment for repeat offenders, special courts and dedicated police units are part of key provisions in India’s first law to tackle human trafficking that is likely to be taken to Parliament for approval in the current session. The bill, reviewed by HT, also proposes a jail term of at least a year and a fine of Rs 1 lakh for those who abet trafficking or fail to protect a victim; and seven years and Rs 2 lakh fine for the owner or manager of a property that has been used for the crime. Around 8,100 cases of trafficking were recorded in India in 2016 and around 23,000 victims of trafficking were rescued that year, according to National Crime Records Bureau figures that experts call a “mere tip of the iceberg”. Currently, trafficking is covered by a clutch of laws that often delay trials but the government has been working on an umbrella legislation for more than two years. More ... Special units to be set up in 7 districts of Rajasthan to probe crimes against women Seven districts of Rajasthan will have dedicated units soon to investigate crimes against women, police officials said. Additional director general of police (civil rights) Mohan Lal Lather said the state government has approved the union home ministry proposal for setting up investigative units on crimes against women (IUCAW) in Sriganganagar, Ajmer, Alwar, Udaipur, Pratapgarh, Jhalawar and Jodhpur (East). All women police stations in the state will continue to function because IUCAW will assist other units in probe, Lather said. The government has allocated staff for the special investigative units -- each of which will have a deputy superintendent of police (DySP), two inspectors, one sub-inspector and a constable-cum-driver. More ... Govt plans anti-human trafficking unit under NIA New Delhi: Taking note of the rising cases of forced labour and commercial sexual exploitation of women and children, the Centre is planning to set up a dedicated anti-human trafficking wing under a central investigation agency like the National Investigation Agency. Functioning under the ministry of home affairs, Rs 324 crore is proposed to be allocated from the Nirbhaya Fund by the women and child development ministry as this is also being seen as a major women safety issue. The WCD had written to the home ministry earlier asking it to create a dedicated set up within a investigating agency like NIA to probe trafficking cases and coordinate investigation into trafficking networks operating across states and beyond India, sources in MHA said. More ... Non-Goan trafficking victims face cops bias Panaji: The bias some members of the state police hold against victims of human trafficking who are not native to Goa is one of the major hurdles faced while rehabilitating the latter, Arun Pandey of NGO ARZ said on Saturday at Difficult Dialogue, an international conference. He cited an incident wherein the victim, who had been trapped in the flesh trade, was rendered suicidal after the local police revealed her identity in the village where her family was settled in, in Goa. Investigation was needed to check if the rescued girl — hailing from West Bengal — was vulnerable and at risk of being trafficked again. More ... Anti-human trafficking unit nabs woman, rescues 2 girls Thane: The anti-human trafficking unit of the city police rescued two sisters, one of them a minor, following the arrest of their elder cousin, who had lured them into prostitution. Police has arrested the 26-year-old woman from her Mira Road residence on Friday for allegedly selling her two sisters for Rs 50,000. The accused was trafficking young girls and minors for the past one year. The accused who has studied till STD 12 had lured her sisters into prostitution on the promise of making big money. We had set a trap and sent one of our man in civil clothes and struck a deal with the accused for two girls. She brought the girls with her at Dwaraka hotel at Wagle Estate wherein she accepted the money against a girl. It was then that we arrested her, said Ravindra Daundkar, senior inspector from anti human trafficking cell. More ... No child trafficking mafia in state, says Pinarayi Thiruvananthapuram: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has ruled out the rumours that child trafficking mafia is active in the state. The CM told the assembly on Tuesday that the government dont have any corroborative evidence to prove the rumours that child trafficking groups are active in the state. Majority of the children who were reported missing in 2017 were found. Only 49 cases remain unresolved. Of the 199 persons arrested in connection with child trafficking cases, 188 persons were Malayalis. This disproves the allegations that inter-state mafia was behind child trafficking incidents, said the CM. There is no horrific situation as propagated by some people in social media platforms. Police and other government agencies are keeping vigil against human trafficking. An anti-human trafficking cell is functioning under crime branch IG, he said. More ... | |
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