With heads held high
Sex workers and their children have the same right to living with dignity as other citizens, says ANWESHA SANTRA
Sex workers and their children have the same right to living with dignity as other citizens, says ANWESHA SANTRA
The police have registered a case under relevant sections and have arrested owner, while apprehending all six women involved in prostitution.
The accused were booked under relevant IPC sections related to prostitution, besides under the PITA (Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act)
Sonu Punjaban used to administer drugs into the body of the victim to make it 'more suitable for prostitution.'
The parents are among the 15 accused, all of them her relatives, that the woman had named in her FIR lodged at the Tangra police station in November last year, although the victim was allegedly forced into the trade back in 2015.
The minor had been forced into prostitution for the last several months.
Five people, including the mother, brother and husband of the teenage girl have been arrested on charges of rape and forcing her into prostitution.
A hunt had been launched for the parents and a case under section 372 (selling minor for prostitution) of the IPC had been registered.
14 spa centers were raided but only three were engaged in the prostitution while the others were held guilty of serious irregularities.
Police investigations have uncovered that many of the women are forced into prostitution in China.
