DEVESH PANDEY IN THE HINDU They were subjected to continuous sexual abuse, physical torture They were kept confined under claustrophobic conditions in an unventilated chamber inside a G. B. Road brothel here to evade detection. Until they were rescued by a joint team this week, the two minor girls were...

PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU The Government of India has been advising the State Governments from time to time for improving the enforcement mechanism for combating trafficking of women and children The Ministry of Women and Child Development issued an Advisory to States/UTs on 12.10.2011, emphasizing on, inter alia, gender sensitization of...

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,...