Guest guest Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Rescue miners from Borthels: HC The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the police to crack down on brothels across the city to rescue minor girls who have been forced into flesh trade. The court also asked the police to file an action- taken report in two weeks' time. A division bench of Justices J N Patel and Roshan Dalvi directed the senior inspectors of all police stations to comply with this order. The division bench was hearing a petition filed by a non- governmental organisation, Prerana, pertaining to a 2003 case in which nine minor girls had gone missing, soon after being rescued from a brothel in Santacruz. Prerana moved the court in an attempt to expedite the investigations. The court also came down harshly on the police, saying that even though it did not expect much, the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act and the Juvenile Justice Act required the police to ensure that minor girls not be forced into prostitution. The court further observed that inspite of police crackdown, if minor girls were found in brothels, there was no reason why the concerned police inspector should not be suspended. The state government informed the court that they had rescued 26 minors in 2003, 12 minors in 2004, 31 minors in 2005 and 27 minors in 2006. Justice Patel retorted that if the state had worked more seriously, there would have been two zeros after each of these figures. On August 29 this year, the high court had ordered that the case be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation, as Mumbai Police had failed to trace the minors even after three years. The court also directed the CBI to come up with a blueprint to curb trafficking of minors. As per an affidavit filed by CBI Director Vijay Shanker on September 7, a special cell headed by Crime Branch SP Surinder has been constituted to investigate the case, following which the case was re- registered at V P Road police station http://in.news./060911/48/67hnn.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Dear FORUM, It is not just enough if we just rescue them we need to rehabilitate them properly and link them back with their families Does anyone have details of what happened to all the 96 girls who have been rescued. Dr.Manorama e-mail: <pmanorama@...> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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