Darjeeling girl rescued from brothel in Pune
Posted by barunroy on March 2, 2008
Pune, March 2 [Diwakar Pradhan]: A 20-year-old girl from Darjeeling, who had been allegedly abducted by a family friend and ‘sold’ to a brothel keeper in Pune, was rescued by the Social Security Cell of the crime branch. This is the seventh girl rescued by the police sincelast year.
Brothel owner Sanu Birbahadur Tamang (40) was arrested and a case filed under Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA). Police said they were looking for the victim’s family friend, Kumar, who abducted her and ‘sold’ her to Sanu. Meanwhile, the victim has been kept at an institution in Nana Peth.
During her eight month long stay at the brothel, the girl requested each ‘customer’ to help her escape. One such ‘customer’ Sachin wrote a letter to Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ashok Dhivre informing him about the victim. Dhivre asked Deputy Commissioner Sunil Phulari, Assistant Commissioner Sanjay Jadhav and inspector Appsaheb Gawade to take action. A team comprising PSI N B Gaikwad and Sucheta Khokale, head constables Vishwas Rane, Pushpa Sathe and Mangal Ubale and constables Rafik Mhaskewale and Krishna Machare combed the red light area of Budhwar Peth before succeeding in the rescue.
Sonam said
Its news like this which makes me sick to my stomach. A deep deep investigation need to me made on why these things are still happening. I have some many Nepalese Girls in brothels in Mumbai,Kolkata and Bangalore that I really feel sorry for them. Can’t anything concrete be done on this issue? A serious debate is need…
PAUL TUTOR said
FOR A BUDDHIST COUNTRY, I FIND IT HARD TO COPE WITH THAT THERE IS PROSTITUTION THERE, NOW YOU WILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH AIDS, LIKE IN THAILAND, IT IS A EPIDEMIC THERE, THE CHILDREN ARE THE ONES THAT WILL SUFFER NO MOM OR DAD, AND THEY WILL BECOME WARDS OF THE STATE, PEMA CHOZANG. EWAM OF MONTANA.
cephalus said
paul tutor..india is a secular country..which means people can practice any religion including Buddhism…Nepal too is one the verge of becoming one…secondly you don’t get AIDS because of prostitution …AIDS is a viral disease that can pass on through exchange of body fluids such as semen and blood..and finally although the Indian government does have some strategies to combat AIDS ( this includes a recent budgetary provision that waivers duty on import of specific branded retrovirals and bulk drugs to manufacture generic retrovirals ) there is no provision to make AIDS orphans wards of the state..
cheers