Abducted Gurgaon minor rescued from West Bengal

ASHOK KUMAR IN THE HINDU

First case of reverse trafficking from Haryana to Bengal

A 13-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted from a village here earlier this month has been rescued from Malda in West Bengal. She was rescued by the local police following a tip-off by a non-government organisation, Shakti Vahini.

The girl’s family had lodged a complaint with the police on January 13 stating that she had been abducted by their neighbour, a native of Malda in West Bengal. The complaint said the accused had abducted her on the pretext of marrying her. A First Information Report was registered at Kherki Dhaula police station in this connection.

The NGO took up the matter with the police and also met the victim’s family.

“We then contacted the Malda Police and the girl was rescued from the Habibpur police station area. During counselling the victim revealed that the accused took her along on the pretext of marriage. It is a clear case of human trafficking and the accused probably wanted to sell her,” said Shakti Vahini activist Rishi Kant. The accused has been arrested.

Mr. Kant, who has been working on the issue of human trafficking in Haryana, said it was the first such case of reverse trafficking in which a girl from Haryana was trafficked to West Bengal.

“Every year a large number of girls are being trafficked from West Bengal to Haryana, but this present case is the first instance where the opposite has happened. It could be the tip of an iceberg and hints at the possibility of a reverse trend. In 2011, more than a thousand minors and 2,677 adults had gone missing in Haryana. There is need for strengthening inter-State police and non-government organisations’ partnership to combat human trafficking in the State.”

Minor domestic maid sexually exploited by doctor employer rescued

THE HINDU

Allegedly trafficked from Assam in 2009, she was sold off to a placement agency

A minor domestic help who was allegedly being sexually abused by her employer, said to be a doctor, was rescued from his residence in Punjabi Bagh here over the weekend. Though the police have registered a case, they are yet to make any arrest.

The 16-year-old victim was allegedly trafficked into the Capital from Assam in March 2009 and sold off to a placement agency. She had been working as a domestic help in the house of the accused for the past three years.

Acting on a tip-off that the girl was being victimised, non-government Shakti Vahini and the local police rescued her. During counselling, the victim disclosed that she was brought to the city by one Benoy on the pretext of getting her a job for a year, after which she could go back home to her parents. In the past three-four years, she was not allowed to visit her home town.

“She was not allowed to visit her family even when her father was seriously ill. He later passed away. The girl said she could identify Benoy, but had not seen him for the past two years. She disclosed that he had brought several other girls to Delhi,” said an NGO spokesperson.

The victim told the Child Welfare Committee that her employer had raped her on at least four occasions in the past one year. She was also administered some pills, suspected to be contraceptives, by the employer and his wife. The girl did not reveal about the incident to anyone, fearing no one would believe her and that she would lose her job instead.

Confirming that a case had been registered under the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Child Labour Act and the Juvenile Justice Act, a senior police officer said the accused runs a pathological lab.

The victim was working on a salary of Rs.2,000 per month. “She said only Rs.6,000 has been paid to her mother so far this year. The employers would tell her that they had deposited the money in the bank,” said the NGO, adding the girl has been sent to a shelter home.

Trafficked teen alleges physical abuse by doctor

TIMES OF INDIA

NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old girl, trafficked to the city from Assam’s Kokrajhar district, on Saturday alleged that an established Punjabi Bagh doctor – her employer – had been physically abusing her for the past year. “We’ve filed a case, but are yet to arrest the doctor. We’re waiting for more proof,” V Renganathan, additional CP (west) said.

The girl – rescued by the police and NGO Shakti Vahini from the doctor’s Punjabi Bagh flat – said after her traffickers brought her to Delhi, they sold her to a placement agency, which got her a job at her current employer’s home. She has been working for him for three years.

The girl told counsellors that she was in Class IV when she was taken away from home. She has three sisters and a brother. “Someone called Benoy got her to Delhi. He sold the girl’s parents a dream of getting their daughter a good job in Delhi for a year, after which she’d be brought back home. Her employer hasn’t allowed her to go home even once, not even when her father fell seriously ill and died,” a police officer said.

Once her maternal aunt called the doctor’s mobile phone, sources said. But she wasn’t allowed to talk to the girl. Instead, the employer was rude and acted tough with the aunt ordering her never to call again. The employer subsequently changed his number.The girl told counsellors that her employer had exploited her sexually at least four times. She was administered some pills, but didn’t have any clue to what they were. She didn’t tell anyone about her trauma fearing nobody would believe her and she’d be fired. Later, she summoned courage and informed another maid who comes to work at the doctor’s house. It was this maid who contacted the NGO.

The exploited girl was supposed to be paid Rs 1,400 a month in the first year of her employment, Rs 1500 per month in the second. Now, she’s supposed to get Rs 2,000. But this year, her mother has received only Rs 6,000 so far, she said. The employer is supposed to deposit the money in a bank account, but she doesn’t know if he actually does it. The Child was produced before the Child welfare Committee and given shelter at the Children’s’ Home.

In another incident, Childline has saved six children from being trapped into working at construction sites. They are between 12 and 16 years of age and have been in Delhi for the past six months to four years. The children have been kept at the Salam Balak Trust. They told the police that they were promised Rs 300 for each day of work, but were eventually paid Rs 500 for an entire week.

The girl was in Class IV when she was taken away from home in Assam. She has three sisters and a brother.

Brother scripts girls rescue from brothel

DNA INDIAN

Trapped in the usual lure of matrimony, Samina ( name changed) came to the city with Avijit Mali (23) in mid-May. But what followed the rendezvous was the bitter reality of being a victim of a prostitution racket. The story of Samina (name changed) is an unusual one in this usual plot, as her rescue plan was scripted by her own brother and successfully executed by her cousin, who posed as a decoy, and aided by the Thane Crime Branch. Rescued from Kalwa during the wee hours on Saturday, Samina is due to be handed over to the Kolkata police on Monday.

“Having registered the offence with the Barsat police in the Pargana district of West Bengal, Samina’s father and brother came searching for her and got in touch with us. Our team laid a trap with a decoy, got in touch with the girl from whose phone Samina had called clandestinely, and eventually rescued her,” said inspector Madan Manohar Ballal of the Thane crime branch.

DNA spoke to Samina’sSamaritan, who did not wish to be named but braved to recollect the family’s trauma of having almost lost her forever. Just 16, Samina fell prey to the pleasantries of her phone friend Mali and started meeting him. Having gained her confidence after a few meetings, Mali allegedly spiked her tea when she met him on May 17.According to Samina, upon coming to her senses she remembered nothing about how she landed in Mumbai. owever, soon Samina understood Mali’s intention and began protesting his demand of attending customers. The expected result was brutal physical torture and unbearable mental assault.

“Usko bahut maara uss ladke aur dalal ne. Itna daag hai uske shareer par ki koi bhi ro dega dekh kar (That boy Mali and the pimp thrashed her leaving upteen number of scars on her body) ,” said her cousin. Giving a recap of her two weeks of horror he said, “A call as customer on the girl whose phone Samina used helped. When we asked her to get a new girl she mentioned Samina, citing her refusal to attend customers.

It was clear that she knew where she was. However, we still met her with another where the police nabbed her and got details of the pimp Dharmendra who operated the racket out of Vipul lodge in Kalyan.”

Dharmendra turned out to be a hard nut to crack, but after misleading us for long he finally led us to the place where Samina was being held,” added Ballal.

“The girl has been kept in the remand home until she undergoes her medical before being allowed to go back home,” said Sharad Barse from Child Line.

Missing girl returns, was abducted, and gang-raped

TIMES OF INDIA

AHMEDABAD: A 12-year-old girl, who went missing from her residence in Juhapura on April 17, has returned home but with tales of harrowing experiences which include gang rape. She returned on Friday night. Owing to the torture marks and abuses she had been put through, the girl was taken to VS hospital immediately for treatment.

There, she said that she was gang raped after being abducted. After this, A complaint was registered at Vejalpur police station and the girl was admitted to the Sola Civil Hospital for treatment and collection of evidence. Police believe the girl was forced into a prostitution racket by a young woman and her two accomplices. All three have been booked for abduction and rape of the minor.

When the incident took place, the victim used to stay in Fatehwadi with her parents, siblings and her grandmother. The girl’s mother died three years back and her father remarried. Her father runs a two-wheeler repair shop. On April 17 she had gone to Juhapura to meet some relatives. But, she never returned home. Her father had then registered a missing person‘s report at Aslali police station. He had also sought help from some non-governmental organizations.  On Friday night, she made a sudden reappearance at her home. Her body bore multiple injuries which pointed towards abuse and torture. The girl’s legs had burn marks which were inflicted when she refused to comply with the wishes of her abductors.

The girl’s story left the cops and her parents in a state of shocked. On the fateful day while returning home from Juhapura she didn’t have money for autofare. just had Rs 4 with her. She could not board an autorickshaw for this reason. At this juncture, a young woman offered to drop the girl homeon her scooter. Later the victim learnt that the woman’s name is Faiza Laludia, a resident of Vankaner in Saurashtra.

But the woman took the girl to Jamalpur and gave her a spiked drink. where she was given a cold drink which put her in a semi-conscious state. The girl claims that she used to be given the intoxicant regularly and she obeyed all that Faiza told her. Then the minor was taken to Narol where she was raped regularly by two men – Asim and Asif. While Asim and Asif used to visit regularly, there were

Other men too who used to visit and on a daily basis. For this Faiza used to take money from the men, the victim told police. For close to a month the ordeal continued and the girl’s health deteriorated which had scared Faiza who abandoned the girl near her residence before escaping. Vejalpur police sources said, “We have detained Faiza. Preliminary interrogation reveals that she runs a prostitution racket and it is possible that she has abducted minor girls in the past too.”

Missing girl returns, was abducted, and gang-raped

Trafficking racket Busted Six held

Trafficking racket Busted Six held

RAJ SHEKHAR IN THE TIMES OF INDIA

NEW DELHI: A human trafficking racket being run from south Delhi was busted on Friday with the arrest of six persons, including two women. Investigations have unfolded a harrowing tale of two sisters, aged 13 and 8, who had been kidnapped on April 26 from Malviya Nagar and thereafter trafficked.

Police said the arrest of one Radha Rani alias Mataji was a major breakthrough. Rani is suspected to have trafficked dozens of girls to Haryana and other states. The victims were staying with their family in south Delhi. A couple, identified as, Vinod (21) and Laxmi (18), had come to live in the area around a month back. They became friendly with the girls, whose father works with an exports firm. The accused couple kidnapped the girls on April 26 on the pretext of taking them to a zoo. The girls, who were familiar with couple, agreed to go along with them. The accused, however, confined in a room in south Delhi, a source said.

The duo then contacted one Amjad alias Radhe, a notorious trafficker. He also an accused in a case in the Amar Colony area. Police said Amjad asked the duo to bring the girls to ISBT.

At 9.30pm on April 27, Radhe took the girls in a bus to Sirsa in Haryana. In Sirsa, the girls were handed over to Rani (51), who is the kingpin of an inter-state trafficking racket.

Rani first sold off the 13-year-old girl to 50-year-old Mahendra Singh for Rs 60,000. Singh, who is in police custody, said he had got the girl married to his son and did not abuse her sexually.

A missing report had been lodged at the Malviya Nagar police station by the girl’s father, after which a case of abduction was registered. First, the duo, Vinod and Laxmi, were tracked down. The investigation showed the involvement of Amjad. The trail led the police to Sirsa and a police team rescued the girls.

Cops landed at the house of the 50-year-old man and found the 13-year-old girl locked in a room. Both father and son werer taken into custody. The girl’s sister was rescued from Radha Rani’s house hours before she was supposed to be sold off. The girls were brought to Delhi on Thursday and produced before the Child Welfare Committee.

They have undergone a medical examination their statements have been recorded. A source said the girls are being kept at a child welfare home. The victims will soon be handed over to the family, sources added.

Appropriate sections of IPC have been added to the existing case and investigation in the case is on to nab the other accused. The cops are also searching for a man, identified as, Sanjay, a source added.

A couple had come to live in a south Delhi area. They abducted the girls on the pretext of taking them out to the zoo

RAJ SHEKHAR IN THE TIMES OF INDIA

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Doctor Couple asked to pay Compensation

Doctor Couple asked to pay minimum wages and Compensation

Maid was sold to couple

DWARKA CASE

CHILD LOCKED WHILE COUPLE HOLIDAY IN BANGKOK

CHILD LOCKED WHILE COUPLE HOLIDAY IN BANGKOK

 

INDIAN EXPRESS

Trafficking mafia killed rape victim’s mother

BY SUCHANDANA GUPTA -  PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES OF INDIA

BETUL (MP): Imarti Bai (50) was shot dead not just for protesting against the rape of her daughter by a local goon. The tribal labourer woman from this dusty, nondescript small town in south Madhya Pradesh was fighting a war for her daughter’s dignity against a well-organized gang of human traffickers while the police and district administration turned a deaf ear to her repeated calls for help. On February 10, Imarti’s daughter was allegedly raped by a gangster in the Majhinagar slum area where she lived on the outskirts of Betul district HQ, 180km south of Bhopal. The hoodlum, Rajesh Harore (32) with the help of a woman accomplice Rani Yadav, forced the 15-year-old girl on his bike and took her to a shanty where he allegedly raped her. The area’s 1,200 or so residents watched the girl’s abduction but none protested or tried to save the minor, a student of class VIII.

In this area, no one raises a voice against Rajesh Harore – a notorious land grabber and money lender. But Imarti Bai decided to fight back and went to the police. A case was registered under sections 376 (rape), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation) IPC. Imarti Bai, the tribal labourer who tried to fight for justice after her daughter was raped, was shot dead on the night of March 23, when the rape accused Rajesh Harore returned with his gang to silence her. One of them – Mantu Yadav – shot Imarti dead in front of her family.

But this is more than a case of rape followed by a revenge killing. A mother’s fear that her daughter would be kidnapped and sold into the flesh trade drove Imarti Bai. Her fear had its roots in 2006 when Imarti’s eldest daughter went for a trip to Vaishno Devi and did not return the next five years. “When our second daughter was raped by Rajesh Harore, Imarti was terrified that this girl too would be sold into the flesh trade,” recounts her husband Shyam Uike. “My eldest daughter worked as a labourer. But one day, our neighbour Rani Yadav said she wanted to take her for a visit to Vaishno Devi. We paid Rs 6,000 for the trip. But my daughter landed in a brothel in Sonkatch near Indore. She was sold for Rs 40,000.”

They came to know of the incident last year when the girl returned . “The same Rani Yadav started targeting my second girl who was raped by Harore because she refused to join prostitution.” Shyam Uike said Harore along with the family of Mantu and Rani Yadav ran a network of human traffickers. Shyam’s claim was supported by the ward’s councillor Ramki Bai Uike.

“After the rape case was registered, Harore came to me asking if the police could be pressured and the matter resolved,” Ramki Bai Uike said. “I told him my work was the area’s development and not protection of criminals.” The BJP Mahila Morcha‘s local secretary Asha Nigam added,”They are a gang of human traffickers. Girls from poor tribal families are raped and their reputation marred.”

Even though her party is ruling the state, Nigam said, “The police and administration is extremely lackadaisical and inefficient. They refuse to work till a phone call comes from Bhopal. And poor tribal girls are left to their fate at the hands of hoodlums.”

Speaking to TOI, the 15-year-old rape survivor said, “My mother was killed because she lodged a complaint of rape against Harore and named Rani Yadav in the FIR. The accused even attempted to burn down our house after which we shifted to the the other side of the town.”

After registering the rape case against Harore, Imarti Bai went to the local police station for protection. But Gun Chowki outpost told her to take her complaint to the Kotwali police station. Here, the police referred her to the SC/ST police station. This continued for weeks as she was shunted from one cop station to the other. On March 20, she went with a written appeal for protection to the district collector’s public hearing. District collector saidrecalled, ” We forwarded her letter to the superintendent of police that same evening.”

The SP was transferred after the state women’s commission appraised CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on its findings about police negligence. in the case.

Times View

This is more than a story about trafficking of women. It is also a disturbing glimpse at the not-so-shining India where marginalised groups like tribals are exploited in all forms. More than six decades after India’s independence, their situation should have been much better. It’s not. We have stopped affirmation action for them with reservations. That’s not sufficient. Unless there is strong deterrent action in cases of this kind, the mindset that views the marginalised as lesser citizens will continue to thrive. And that would be a severe indictment of us as a nation, because a civilised society is really judged by how it treats the underprivileged.

SOURCE: PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES OF INDIA

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