North East Girls Trapped in the Hands of Trafficker

Special Report Vol. 3 Issue No. 55

June 1-15, 2009

The human trafficking situation in North East has once again raised the eyebrow of the people of North East. It has been trend that most of the young girls and women are getting trafficked in the pretext of better livelihood options and in the process getting exploited. The reported cases has been on raised, last three months there are 10 cases of North East girls being rescued during the raid and rescue operation by different Anti- Trafficking Organizations and these cases have been referred to NEDAN Foundation for the repatriation process. NEDAN Foundation has already started informing other partner organizations of Assam & North East for repatriating the girls.

One girl hails from Nagaland and she has been rescued at Goa . She was being rescued from commercial sexual exploitation and has been rehabilitated at the State Protective Home, Goa . The Sub- divisional Magistrate has passed an order for her release and NEDAN is facilitating for her return.

Two girls from Baksa district of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) have been rescued by the workers of the Protective Home, Mumbai. They were being trafficked by the agents with the promise of providing jobs in Mumbai. The traffickers were in the process of selling them off but fortunately they could runaway and took help from local people in Mumbai. Their stay in Protective Home Mumbai term has been over and both were in the process of repatriated with the support of NEDAN.

Similar case of a Karbi girl from Morigaon District, Assam has been received by NEDAN. She was taken with the promise of marriage. After one-week girl called up her friend and her parents from one of a P.C.O from Silchar where she expressed about her case to the parents. Recently girl father came to NEDAN office for the help and to get her back home. NEDAN instructed her father to get some formalities done by filing an FIR in the local Police Station before proceeding for the rescue and repatriation of the girl.

Five girls have been rescued and repatriated from Bangalore and all of them are minors. Five of them hail from Basti Kukila Posti, Sumpur/Gohpur District, Assam. They were rescued from Bangalore Bus stand while heading to Goa . All the girls are at the Girls’ Shelter Home. NEDAN has been informed by the Bangalore based partner organisation. Their repatriation is being facilitated by NEDAN.

The case of trans-border trafficking of girl have also been dealt by NEDAN FOUNDATION. She was lured from Gelephu , Bhutan via Kokrajhar railway station heading to Delhi . While she was in the Kokrajhar railway station she was rescued by local women and she was referred to NEDAN. After carrying out the follow up NEDAN along with Adhibasi women association decided to keep the girl in Adhibasi Rehab Centre. NEDAN is also in the process of repatriating the girl.

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