Published in The Statesman With a population of less than four million, around 200 girls and women have been reported missing over the last three years in Jalpaiguri. At 25, Sunita was raped by a married neighbour and then sold for Rs.70,000 to a vegetable vendor. “When I think of...
PUBLISHED IN THE HINDUSTAN TIMES The integrated centre of Jharkhand Bhavan in New Delhi plans to launch a three digit emergency number for state girls victimised in the national capital, social welfare department officials said on Monday. Besides, the state government would also train the girls before they leave for...
PUBLISHED IN THE HINDUSTAN TIMES Fifteen years ago when Lata Lakra came to Delhi from Jharkhand, life was tough. As a domestic help, the hours were long, the work strenuous and a salary of Rs 2,000 just not enough. Today, the 35-year-old has a flat in Delhi, a shopping complex...
NDTV Jharkhand has emerged as India’s trafficking hub with thousands of tribal boys and girls, particularly minor girls being trafficked out of the state each year to Delhi and beyond. More than 4000 children went missing from the state in the last 10 years, and over 1000 are yet to...
CHANNEL NEWS ASIA This is the story of thousands of girls across India who are stolen from their homes and forced into sex work, purchased as brides and sold into affluent homes as domestic slaves. Half of these girls who are trafficked never come home.
BY KELLY KISLAYA – PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES OF INDIA Ranchi: Having provided direct or indirect employment to more than three lakh people, Jharcraft is set to work towards the skill development and rehabilitation of trafficking victims. The move came after the state-run undertaking was contacted by Delhi-based NGO Shakti...
PUBLISHED IN THE HINDUSTAN TIMES B Vijay Murty/Saurav Roy, Hindustan Times, Simdega/ Khunti/Lohardagga “I will never go to Delhi,” she whispers when she hears the visiting HT Team talk of the national capital. As with thousands of children trafficked from Jharkhand every year, Delhi has been very cruel to Reeta....
PUBLISHED IN HINDUSTAN TIMES New Delhi, Feb. 28 — A 16-year-old girl, who was trafficked from West Bengal to Delhi over a month ago, was rescued from a village in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, on Friday. According to the police, a minor had kidnapped the girl from Alipurduar in New Jalpaiguri, West...
PUBLISHED IN THE HINDUSTAN TIMES From the time she was 13, Phulmani (name changed) was forced to act as a surrogate mother and deliver six children by human traffickers from Jharkhand, widely considered a hotbed of modern day slavery. Phulmani, now 31, was made to breastfeed the children – all...
By Rashmi Drolia in The Times of India RAIPUR: Three minor girls of Maoist affected Duldula block of tribal Jashpur district were rescued along with three others of Jharkhand from Kalamati National Highway 75, on intervening night of Friday. The girls were allegedly being trafficked to Delhi by a local...
PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES OF INDIA SANGRUR: Within days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching his “Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao” campaign from Haryana, a case of a tribal girl being sold twice in Haryana and Punjab for Rs 1 lakh has come to light. The Class IX student from Naxal-hit Khunti...
PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES OF INDIA RANCHI: Fifteen-year-old Meenu was raped every night by a man old enough to be her father. She was beaten up when she protested. The 50-year-old man, Ranbir Singh, had ‘married’ her on January 7 in Punjab. Today, the thought of conjugal life terrifies Meenu...
By BRIJENDRA AHLAWAT IN THE TRIBUNE The Jharkhand police have arrested four persons of Rewari district in Haryana for their attempt to buy a minor girl in Koderma district (Jharkhand) for the purpose of marriage. Four residents of Jharkhand have also been arrested. “The arrests were made after a police...
BY KELLY KISLAYA PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES OF INDIA Ranchi: The recent arrest of two traffickers have alerted the other human flesh traders in the state who are now shifting their base from posh areas of Delhi to its suburbs, especially Haryana. In just a week, eight persons, including a...
PUBLISHED BY DAINIK JAGRAN कोडरमा: एक ओर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी हरियाणा के पानीपत में बेटी बचाओ, बेटी पढ़ाओ अभियान की शुरुआत कर रहे थे, दूसरी तरफ मानव तस्करी के उद्देश्य से कोडरमा सुदूरवर्ती ग्रामीण क्षेत्र की एक नाबालिग बेटी को शादी का झांसा देकर हरियाणा के एक अधेड़ उम्र के...
PUBLISHED IN THE TELEGRAPH Jalpaiguri, Jan. 21: Seven minor boys and nine girls, who are residents of different tea estates in the Dooars, were rescued by Malbazar police from Kalyanpur in Motihari district in Bihar yesterday. Police said the minors were taken to Bihar to perform as dancers in local bands...
By Sai Manish (Published in DNA) In a three-part series, dna explores the dark underbelly of modern-day slavery and trade in humans from some of the remotest and backward areas of Jharkhand that is India’s very own ‘slavery belt’. In the first part, we reveal the chilling confession of a...
PUBLISHED IN BIZ DIVAS While we are surrounded with news of injustice and exploitation of the poor, downtrodden and women, it is heartening to the extent of extreme gratitude to see people making society just, free and equitable society a mission of their lives. What is even more heartening is...
PUBLISHED IN DAINIK JAGRAN जागरण संवाददाता, सिलीगुड़ी: मानव तस्करी अपने आप में एक जघन्य अपराध है। किंतु आज भी मानव तस्करी धड़ल्ले से की जाती है। कभी विवाह का प्रलोभन देकर तो कभी नौकरी देने के बहाने तस्करी की जाती है। खासकर बच्चों और महिलाआंे की तस्करी की जाती है। ऐसे...
PUBLISHED IN THE HINDU At a time when trafficking of women and children continues to be a major concern for policy makers in West Bengal, activists have launched a signature campaign highlighting the need for a legislation to curb the activities of illegal placement agencies operating in the State. Activists...
